title: Healthcare ethics committees: re-examining their social and moral functions.
authors.affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Engelhardt
mesh_terms: D026686:Beneficence; D032802:Committee Membership; D032921:Consensus; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003657:Decision Making; D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D017041:Ethics Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D033061:Ethics Consultation; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D035863:Moral Development; D009014:Morals; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010684:Philosophy; D033302:Postmodernism; D028662:Principle-Based Ethics; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012380:Role; D012945:Social Values; D014481:United States