RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Snapshots of five clinical ethics committees in the UK JF Journal of Medical Ethics JO J Med Ethics FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics SP i9 OP i17 DO 10.1136/jme.27.suppl_1.i9 VO 27 IS suppl 1 A1 M Szeremeta A1 John Dawson A1 Donal Manning A1 Alan R Watson A1 Margaret M Wright A1 William Notcutt A1 Richard Lancaster YR 2001 UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/27/suppl_1/i9.abstract AB Each of the following papers gives an account of a different UK clinical ethics committee. The committees vary in the length of time they have been established, and also in the main focus of their work. The accounts discuss the development of the committees and some of the ethical problems that have been brought to them. The issues raised will be relevant for other National Health Service (NHS) trusts in the UK that wish to set up such a committee.