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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Knowledge and attitudes of Chinese medical postgraduates toward research ethics and research ethics committees: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMC Medical Education, 2023 Background Research ethics provides the ethical standards for conducting sound and safe research. The field of medical research in China is rapidly growing and facing various ethical challenges.
Xing Liu +7 more
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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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Evaluation of the first standardized registry of approved research studies by the research ethics committees in Ecuador [PDF]
BMC Medical EthicsBackground Ethical regulation of biomedical research is essential to safeguard the rights and well-being of participants. In Ecuador, Research Ethics Committees (RECs) have undergone progressive growth.
Katherine Simbaña-Rivera +3 more
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Are we expecting too much from existing research ethics committees? [PDF]
Salud ColectivaNúria Homedes, Antonio Ugalde
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Experiences from coordinating research after the 2011 terrorist attacks in Norway [PDF]
European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2014 This brief report presents some of the lessons learned from coordinating research in which people directly affected by terrorist attacks in Norway in 2011 are taking part.
Nils O. Refsdal
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HRB Open Research, 2020 The surge of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) research studies involving human participants in response to the pandemic has meant that research ethics committees across the world have been challenged to adapt their processes to meet demand while ...
Aileen Sheehy +2 more
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BMC Medical Ethics, 2021 Background In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the biomedical research community’s attempt to focus the attention on fighting COVID-19, led to several challenges within the field of research ethics.
Alice Faust +5 more
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Research ethics committees: agents of research policy?
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2005 The purpose of this commentary is to describe the unintended effects ethics committees may have on research and to analyse the regulatory and administrative problems of clinical trials.
Hemminki Elina
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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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