Clinical ethics committee

CLINICAL ETHICS Clinical ethics, information, and communication: review of 31 cases from a clinical ethics committee

Objectives: To summarise the types of case brought to the Clinical Ethics Committee of the National Hospital of Norway from 1996 to 2002 and to describe and discuss to what extent issues of information/ communication have been involved in the ethical problems. Design: Systematic review of case reports. Findings: Of the 31 case discussions, (20 prospective, 11 retrospective), 19 cases concerned ...

Evolution of Ethics in Clinical Research and Ethics Committee

Ethics are the moral values of human behavior and the principles which govern these values. The situation becomes challenging for a doctor when he assumes the role of researcher. The doctor-researcher has to serve both the roles and at times the zeal of an investigator has the potential to cloud the morality of the physician inside. It is very important to realize that exploiting the faith of p...

Clinical ethics, information, and communication: review of 31 cases from a clinical ethics committee.

OBJECTIVES To summarise the types of case brought to the Clinical Ethics Committee of the National Hospital of Norway from 1996 to 2002 and to describe and discuss to what extent issues of information/communication have been involved in the ethical problems. DESIGN Systematic review of case reports. FINDINGS Of the 31 case discussions, (20 prospective, 11 retrospective), 19 cases concerned ...

A clinical ethics committee in a small health service trust.

National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee