The function and social responsibility of institutional ethics committees : The case of living related pancreas islet transplantation

• AKABAYASHI Akira

  東京大学大学院医学系研究科、健康科学・看護学専攻、医療倫理学分野:京都大学大学院医学研究科、社会健康医学系専攻、医療倫理学分野

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 倫理委員会の機能と社会的責任についての論考 : 生体部分膵からの膵島移植を例として

Abstract

What is the role of an ethics committee in reviewing a proposal for the first trial in the world of an advanced medical technology? From November 2002 to October 2003, the Ethics Committee of the Kyoto University Graduate School and Faculty of Medicine reviewed a protocol entitled, "Living related pancreas islet transplantation for insulin dependent Diabetic Mellitus patients." This report provides an overview of the review process and then discusses the role and social responsibility of ethics committees in Japan. A hypothesis is presented, which asserts that an appropriately functioning ethics committee is necessary to facilitate the implementation of a given advanced medical technology. The case of pancreas islet transplantation is shown to support this hypothesis.

Journal

• Bioethics

  Bioethics 14 (1), 100-106, 2004

  Japan Association for Bioethics

Keywords

• ethics committee
• living related pancreas islet transplantation
• living related liver transplantation

Details

• CRID: 1390001204484387072
• NII Article ID: 110006457533
• NII Book ID: AN10355291
• DOI: 10.20593/jabedit.14.1_100
• ISSN: 2189695X
• ISSN: 13434063
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2007202517
• Text Lang: ja
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • CiNii Articles
  • KAKEN
• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed