Advisory Committees (also known as Advisory Committee, Committee, Advisory): Groups set up to advise governmental bodies, societies, or other institutions on policy. (Bioethics Thesaurus)

NIH MeSH · D026683Health Care

Advisory Committees

Also known asAdvisory Committee · Committee, Advisory · Committees, Advisory · Task Forces · Task Force · Governmental Commissions · Commission, Governmental · Commissions, Governmental · Governmental Commission · Review Committees · Committee, Review · Committees, Review

Definition

Groups set up to advise governmental bodies, societies, or other institutions on policy. (Bioethics Thesaurus)

MeSH classification

  • N03.706.742.500

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Common questions about Advisory Committees

What does Advisory Committees mean in medicine?
Groups set up to advise governmental bodies, societies, or other institutions on policy. (Bioethics Thesaurus) This definition is taken from the National Library of Medicine's MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) 2026 release, which is the standard vocabulary used to index PubMed and most medical literature.
Is Advisory Committees known by any other names?
Yes. Advisory Committees is also referred to as Advisory Committee, Committee, Advisory, Committees, Advisory, Task Forces in different clinical, research and patient-facing contexts. The MeSH descriptor groups all of these synonyms under a single canonical concept so research and records stay consistent.
Where does Advisory Committees sit in the medical classification?
Advisory Committees falls under the broader medical category "Health Care" in the MeSH hierarchy (tree numbers: N03.706.742.500). Browsing the related concepts on this page takes you to neighbouring topics in the same branch of medicine.
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Source: NIH MeSH 2026 (D026683) — National Library of Medicine, public domain. View official MeSH record ↗