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 -----Original Message----- From: Feminist Approaches to Bioethics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of gaia Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 12:26 PM To: [log in to unmask] 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 E-mail: [log in to unmask] SITO INTERNET: http://easi.negrisud.it/etica