title: The ethics consultant and ethics committees, and their acronyms: IRBs, HECs, RM, QA, UM, PROs, IPCs, and HREAPs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schiedermayer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: La Puma
mesh_terms: D003253:Consultants; D026822:Ethicists; D017041:Ethics Committees; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D033061:Ethics Consultation; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010348:Patient Care Team; D024382:Professional Role; D012660:Semantics; D012926:Social Control, Formal