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Ethics Committees, Clinical MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Ethics Committees, Clinical
Tree Number(s)
K01.752.566.479.147.500
N04.452.758.788.300.500
N05.350.268.500
N05.700.685.300.500
Unique ID
D028741
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D028741
Annotation
distinguish from ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH
Scope Note
Hospital or other institutional ethics committees established to consider the ethical dimensions of patient care. Distinguish from ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH, which are established to monitor the welfare of patients or healthy volunteers participating in research studies.
Entry Version
ETHICS COMMITTEES CLIN
Entry Term(s)
Clinical Ethics Committee
Clinical Ethics Committees
Committee, Clinical Ethics
Committee, Hospital Ethics
Committees, Clinical Ethics
Committees, Hospital Ethics
Ethics Committee, Clinical
Ethics Committee, Hospital
Ethics Committees, Hospital
Hospital Ethics Committee
Hospital Ethics Committees
Previous Indexing
Ethics Committees (1979-2001)
See Also
Ethics, Clinical
Public MeSH Note
2002
History Note
2002
Date Introduced
2002/01/01
Last Updated
2015/06/22
Ethics Committees, Clinical Preferred
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