Table 6

Activities at hospital ECs 1996 (n = 180)

(%)
Review of clinical research related to treatment with patients as subjects
127(70.6)
Review of clinical research unrelated to treatment with patients as subjects
52(28.9)
Review of clinical research with non-patients as subjects
34(18.9)
Review of basic research with animals as subjects
9(0.5)
Issuing of a committee approval certificate for the editorial board of an academic journal
19(10.6)
Policy making
99(55.5)
Consultation
58(32.2)
Education
30(16.7)

Akabayashi et al. BMC Medical Ethics 2007 8:8   doi:10.1186/1472-6939-8-8