[Report on the activities of the Central Commission on Ethics of the Czech Ministry of Health 1990-1992].

The central ethical commission (CEC) of the Czech Ministry of Health was founded in 1990. The authors submit a report on the activities of this advisory and expert in the sphere of medical ethics. They emphasize that a standpoint was elaborated regarding the problem of doping in the Czech Republic, a moral code of patients' rights and other important documents. The CEC takes into account also views of chairmen of local ethical commissions which were assembled by means of a questionnaire. The CEC foresee its future activity in particular in adequate presentation of its views to the professional and lay public.