title: [The Bavarian Ethics Committee. Current status in overview].
abstract: The first part of the article presents information about the history and the current work of several ethical committees at Bavarian universities (number and professional background of their members, frequency of meetings, mode of decision-making, etc.). The second part discusses the actual limited understanding of the ethical committees' function concerning experimentation with human subjects in the light of the many other ethical problems of modern medicine which could be dealt with by ethical review committees.
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005860:Germany, West; D006805:Human Experimentation; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012577:Schools, Medical; D013038:Specialization
vernacular_title: Bayerns Ethik-Kommissionen. Der derzeitige Stand im Uberblick.