title: Some comments on the new regulations governing ethics committees in Italy.
abstract: Italy has recently introduced regulations that profoundly change the arrangement of ethics committees. Specifically, their numbers have been reduced from more than 200 to a few dozen.The decree defining the criteria for their composition and functioning includes regulations intended to improve efficiency and efficacy. The present article provides a brief overview of the new provisions and identifies some critical aspects.
authors: Unità di Bioetica, Presidenza, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. E-mail: carlo.petrini@iss.it.
authors: Carlo
authors: C
authors: Petrini
mesh_terms: D017041:Ethics Committees / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007558:Italy