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Characteristics of ethics committees |
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| General Hospital |
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| Characteristics |
Mean ± SD |
Range |
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| Total members |
10.3 ± 4.9 |
4–27 |
| External members |
1.2 ± 1.4 |
0–8 |
| Female members |
1.3 ± 1.3 |
0–8 |
| Discipline |
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| Chief of staff |
0.7 ± 0.04 |
0–1 |
| Co-chief of staff |
1.4 ± 0.9 |
0–4 |
| Physician |
4.1 ± 4.3 |
0–18 |
| Nurse |
1.2 ± 1.0 |
0–7 |
| Co-medical staff |
0.5 ± 0.9 |
0–5 |
| Administrator |
0.5 ± 1.0 |
0–4 |
| Attorney/Consultant |
0.4 ± 0.6 |
0–3 |
| Philosopher/Ethicist |
0.3 ± 0.6 |
0–4 |
| Other |
0.4 ± 0.9 |
0–6 |
Akabayashi et al. BMC Medical Ethics 2007 8:8 doi:10.1186/1472-6939-8-8 |
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