A formal process of examination of patient care or research proposals for conformity with ethical standards. The review is usually conducted by an organized clinical or research ethics committee (CLINICAL ETHICS COMMITTEES or RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEES), sometimes by a subset of such a committee, an ad hoc group, or an individual ethicist (ETHICISTS).

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Use of Potentially Manipulative Communication Practices in Surrogate Decision-Making for Patients with COVID-19
Bioethics Grand Rounds
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Holding Down the Fort: Ethical Issues Related to Staffing During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Bioethics Grand Rounds
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Patient Perspectives on Reproductive Decision-Making: An Interfaith Panel
Bioethics Grand Rounds
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“I Want a Doctor Who Looks Like Me”: Managing Race-Based Patient Requests
Bioethics Grand Rounds
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Ethics and Reproductive Health: Caring for Patients after the Dobbs Decision
Bioethics Grand Rounds
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When Patients Cannot Consent: Should Families Decide?
Bioethics Grand Rounds
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Decision-Making Capacity: Tackling Tough Cases
Section of General Internal Medicine Series
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Research Ethics
BCM Ethics, Professionalism, and Policy Program (EP3)
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