title: A five year follow-up national study of ethics committees in medical organizations in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Ethics, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.. akirasantky@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akabayashi
authors.forename: Brian Taylor
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Slingsby
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nagao
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kai
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sato
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003469:Culture; D003625:Data Collection; D017041:Ethics Committees / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D035082:Federal Government; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016134:Organizational Policy; D011209:Power, Psychological; D024382:Professional Role; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000941:ethics* / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014495:Universities