Advisory Committees
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Microbicides development programme: engaging the community in the standard of care debate in a vaginal microbicide trial in Mwanza, Tanzania.

7 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: HIV prevention research in resource-limited countries is associated with a variety of ethical dilemmas. Key amongst these is the question of what constitutes an appropriate standard of health care (SoC) for participants in HIV prevention ... Read more...

Using effectiveness and cost-effectiveness to make drug coverage decisions: a comparison of Britain, Australia, and Canada.

5 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: National public insurance for drugs is often based on evidence of comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. This study describes how that evidence has been used across 3 jurisdictions (Australia, Canada, and Britain) that have been ... Read more...

Practice parameter: Evaluation of the child with microcephaly (an evidence-based review): report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society.

13 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To make evidence-based recommendations concerning the evaluation of the child with microcephaly. METHODS: Relevant literature was reviewed, abstracted, and classified. Recommendations were based on a 4-tiered scheme of evidence ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Advisory Committees'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Placebo controls, exorcisms, and the devil. 8 Oct 2009
• Microbicides development programme: engaging the community in the standard of care debate in a vaginal microbicide trial in Mwanza, Tanzania. 7 Oct 2009
• Using effectiveness and cost-effectiveness to make drug coverage decisions: a comparison of Britain, Australia, and Canada. 5 Oct 2009
• A recommendation to improve employee weight status through worksite health promotion programs targeting nutrition, physical activity, or both. 29 Sep 2009
• Improve care with clinical practice guidelines. 29 Sep 2009
• Federation of Pediatric Organizations Task Force on Women in Pediatrics II: survey of active members of the Society for Pediatric Research regarding part-time and flexible work. 29 Sep 2009
• Universal bilirubin screening, guidelines, and evidence. 26 Sep 2009
• Life sciences. A new biology to mend society's woes. 23 Sep 2009
• Practice parameter: Evaluation of the child with microcephaly (an evidence-based review): report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society. 13 Sep 2009
• [The German interdisciplinary taskforce for clinical hemotherapy IAKH and its national critical incident reporting system specifically for blood transfusion] 9 Sep 2009
• Should the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee extend the range of free nicotine replacement therapies available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people? 5 Sep 2009
• Fad diets in Sweden, of all places. 3 Sep 2009
• Slipping through the net: social vulnerability in pandemic planning. 30 Aug 2009
• Rethinking the ethics of vital organ donations. 30 Aug 2009
• And she's not only merely dead, she's really most sincerely dead. 30 Aug 2009
• And she's not only merely dead, she's really most sincerely dead. 30 Aug 2009
• And she's not only merely dead, she's really most sincerely dead. 30 Aug 2009
• Recommendations for the concepts and form of Healthy People 2020. 30 Aug 2009
• The FDA Acetaminophen Advisory Committee Meeting - what is the future of acetaminophen in the United States? The perspective of a committee member. 30 Aug 2009
• Human papillomavirus and the HPV vaccine: are the benefits worth the risks? 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Advisory Committees'

Definition: Groups set up to advise governmental bodies, societies, or other institutions on policy. (Bioethics Thesaurus)

Descriptor UI: D026683

Alternative terms: Advisory Committees; Advisory Committee; Committee, Advisory; Committees, Advisory; Task Forces; Task Force; Review Committees; Committee, Review; Committees, Review; Review Committee; Governmental Commissions; Commission, Governmental; Commissions, Governmental; Governmental Commission;

Related Mesh Headings: Ethics Committees;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N03.706.742.500;

History Note: 2002

Technical Notes: coord IM with specific activity or agency (IM) + geog if pertinent