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Ethics Committees in Croatia in the Healthcare Institutions: The First Study about their Structure and Functions, and some Reflections on the Major Issues and Problems

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  1. Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, Medical School, University of Zagreb, Rockefellerova 4, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Ana Borovečki MD, B.A.

  2. University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Henk ten Have MD, Ph.D.

  3. St Radbound, Postbus 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Henk ten Have MD, Ph.D.

  4. Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, Medical School, University of Zagreb, Republic of Croatia, Rockefellerova 4, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Stjepan Orešković Ph.D.

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Borovečki, A., Have, H.t. & Orešković, S. Ethics Committees in Croatia in the Healthcare Institutions: The First Study about their Structure and Functions, and some Reflections on the Major Issues and Problems. HEC Forum 18, 49–60 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10730-006-7987-4

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