title: Popularity of ethics committees seen in nonhospital ventures.
abstract: Ethics committees, as a means of focusing discussion and reviewing options regarding ethical problems, is catching on. National consumer organizations are endorsing them, provider groups are acknowledging them, communities are exploring their use in noninstitutional settings, and institutions continue to search for the appropriate committee framework that works for them, as the following articles show.
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D003255:Consumer Organizations; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States