EC directives on medical devices.

Proposed amendments to the medical devices Directives.

As 2005 came to a close, the European Commission issued its formal proposal for a Directive amending the medical devices Directives. This article discusses certain aspects of the proposed amendments and encourages readers to review them in their entirety.

Scope of the European Medical Device Directives.

Can a product that incorporates nonviable human tissue be regulated as a medical device in Europe? Is a product that includes viable tissues or cells of animal origin regulated as a medical device? Is a product that incorporates a human blood derivative regulated as a medical device? This article discusses the scope of the medical device Directives and the regulatory status of products that are...

The growing importance of advance medical directives.

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Applying the Directives. The Ethical and Religious Directives concerning three medical situations require some elucidation.

Fr. O'Rourkc is director of the (.'enterfor Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University. T he Ethical and Relijjious Directives for Catholic Health {'are Services (ERD) were approved by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) in November 1994. The committee that prepared the text for consideration by the NCCB labored For more than five years. Given the many drafts, study sessions, and...