Ethics Committees: Structure, Roles, and Issues. [PDF]
J Korean Med Sci, 2023 An Ethics Committee (EC) is an independent body composed of members with expertise in both scientific and nonscientific arenas which functions to ensure the protection of human rights and the well-being of research subjects based on six basic principles ...
Mehta P +4 more
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The role of research ethics committees: Friend or foe in educational research? An exploratory study
British Educational Research Journal, 2020 Ethics committees have an important role to play in ensuring ethical standards (e.g. BERA, ESRC, RCUK recommendations) are met by educational researchers. Balancing obligations to participants, society, institutions and the researchers themselves is not,
Carol Brown
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Preventing ethics dumping: the challenges for Kenyan research ethics committees
Research Ethics Review, 2021 Ethics dumping is the practice of undertaking research in a low- or middle-income setting which would not be permitted, or would be severely restricted, in a high-income setting.
Kate Chatfield +7 more
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Evaluating the effectiveness of clinical ethics committees: a systematic review
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2020 Clinical Ethics Committees (CECs), as distinct from Research Ethics Committees, were originally established with the aim of supporting healthcare professionals in managing controversial clinical ethical issues.
Virginia Sanchini +2 more
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Survey on the current practice of research ethics committees in the Czech academic environment: a mixed-methods study [PDF]
BMC Medical EthicsBackground The primary objective of this study was to conduct a comprehensive questionnaire survey on the practices of research ethics committees reviewing academic research projects in Czechia.
Renata Veselska, Jan Sirucek, Josef Kure
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The job of ‘ethics committees’ [PDF]
Journal of Medical Ethics, 2015 What should authorities establish as the job of ethics committees and review boards? Two answers are: (1) review of proposals for consistency with the duly established and applicable code and (2) review of proposals for ethical acceptability. The present paper argues that these two jobs come apart in principle and in practice.
A. Moore, A. Donnelly
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Evaluating research ethics committees in Vietnam and Laos: Results of a validated self-assessment tool. [PDF]
PLoS ONEBackgroundThere is an increase in human subject research in developing countries and conducting them in an ethical manner depends on the research ethics oversight in these countries.
Nathan Gabriel Sattah +7 more
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Regulation (EU) 536/2014 and the role of ethics committees: a proposal for a review system model [PDF]
BMJ OpenIndependent ethics committees play an important role in clinical trials as well as in all health-related research. Internationally, the national laws of the individual countries have guided their local development and organisation over the decades ...
Carlo Petrini, Luciana Riva
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The readiness of the Asian research ethics committees in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic: A multi-country survey [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
F1000ResearchBackground COVID-19 is a highly challenging infectious disease. Research ethics committees (RECs) have challenges reviewing research on this new pandemic disease under a tight timeline and public pressure.
Asyraf Syahmi Mohd Noor +18 more
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BMC Medical Ethics, 2023 Background The COVID-19 pandemic presents significant challenges to research ethics committees (RECs) in balancing urgency of review of COVID-19 research with careful consideration of risks and benefits.
T. Burgess, S. Rennie, K. Moodley
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