Identity of ethics committees, identity of ethicists

Česká verzia

Authors: J. Šimek; L. Zamykalová
Authors place of work: Vedoucí: doc. MUDr. Jiří Šimek, CSc. ; Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích ; Zdravotně sociální fakulta ; Katedra filosofie a etiky v pomáhajících profesích
Published in the journal: Prakt. Lék. 2009; 89(1): 5-8
Category: Editorial

Summary

Ethics committees became commonly accepted institutions in last years; in spite of this understanding identity of new half-professionals and commissions as institutions develops only gradually under the pressure of external reality. Emphasis is given on multidisciplinarity of both, commissions and their members. From this reason the best term for bioethics is „second order discipline“ and theory of epistemic community seems to be the most suitable. Heterogeneousness in composition of ethics committees as well as in education of their members should not lead to a split and unsolvable conflicts but it should create debate and finally functional consensus.

Key words:
ethics committees; research ethics, identity of ethicists.

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