Should competent patients or their families be notified before HECs review the patients' cases? Yes.
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University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson 85724.
D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D017041:Ethics Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D007872:Legal Guardians; D016743:Mental Competency; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000379:methods*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D014481:United States