Gaia - I will be glad to send you some articles.  The five or six committees
in which I have been involved (one of which had two community members, as
you recommend) definitely fit the title of one of the articles: "Hospital
Ethics Committees:  Diverse and Problematic."
Take care,
mary

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Subject: member of community and ethics committees


Dear all,
I'am coordinator of a research group on Rights & Ethics in Medicine, I am
organizing in Italy a series of meeting on this issues "the role of member
of community in the ethics committees -IRB-"
Little is known about the roles and experiences of them and what
contributions they are making to IRBs.
I think community representation is one of the most important issues in the
discussion on medical research.
I would like to receive from you ideas, experiences, documents...papers and
so on...
can you help me?
Thanks a lot in advance!!!
Gaia

Gaia Marsico
REM coordinator
Research group on Rights & Ethics in Medicine
Segreteria-Coordinamento c/o:
Centro Studi SIFO/Lab.di Epidemiologia Assistenziale e Sistemi Informatici
Consorzio Mario Negri Sud - via Nazionale - 66030 Santa Maria Imbaro
(Chieti)
Tel. 0872.570256
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