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Ethics committees and the legality of research [PDF]
Journal of Medical Ethics, 2007 One role of research ethics committees (RECs) is to assess the ethics of proposed health research. In some countries, RECs are also instructed to assess its legality. However, in other countries they are explicitly instructed not to do so. In this paper, I defend the claim that public policy should instruct RECs not to assess the legality of proposed ...
Douglas, Thomas M. +2 more
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The Challenges of Big Data for Research Ethics Committees: A Qualitative Swiss Study. [PDF]
J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics, 2022 Big data trends in health research challenge the oversight mechanism of the Research Ethics Committees (RECs). The traditional standards of research quality and the mandate of RECs illuminate deficits in facing the computational complexity ...
Ferretti A +4 more
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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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Clinical governance and research ethics as barriers to UK low-risk population-based health research? [PDF]
, 2008 Background: Since the Helsinki Declaration was introduced in 1964 as a code of practice for clinical research, it has generally been agreed that research governance is also needed in the field of public health and health promotion research. Recently, a
Flora Douglas +9 more
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Research ethics committees and paternalism [PDF]
Journal of Medical Ethics, 2004 In this paper the authors argue that research ethics committees (RECs) should not be paternalistic by rejecting research that poses risk to people competent to decide for themselves. However it is important they help to ensure valid consent is sought from potential recruits and protect vulnerable people who cannot look after their own best interests ...
S J L, Edwards, S, Kirchin, R, Huxtable
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Reforming research ethics committees [PDF]
BMJ, 2005 For the first 25 years of their existence in the United Kingdom research ethics committees were left more or less in peace by the Department of Health. Since the publication of the “red book” in 1991,1 however, they have undergone a continual process of radical change, from the introduction of multicentre research ethics committees in 1997, through ...
Ashcroft, RE, Newson, AJ, Benn, PMW
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NHS research ethics committees [PDF]
BMJ, 2007 National Health Service research ethics committees exist to ensure that research performed within the NHS complies with recognised ethical standards and to protect the rights, safety, and dignity of all actual or potential participants. In the past decade the operation of research ethics committees has come under, and continues to come under, close ...
Louise, Robinson +2 more
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Research Ethics Committees [PDF]
British Journal of General Practice, 2008 Trials and Tribulations by Saul Miller1 takes the National Research Ethics Service to task for the closure of the Northumberland Research Ethics Committee (REC), but there are compelling reasons behind this decision. The Northumberland closure is part …
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UK audit committees and the Revised Code [PDF]
, 2012 Purpose - The audit committee is one of the most prominent board sub-committees, having a potentially important role to play in ensuring sound corporate governance.
Avison, Lynn, Cowton, Christopher J.
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Comités de etica de investigación en humanos: el desafío de su fortalecimiento en Colombia.
Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2006 Introducción. Los comités de ética de investigación en humanos que aplican los estándares internacionales en la evaluación ética de proyectos de investigación son un recurso indispensable para garantizar la integridad ética de la investigación en humanos.
María Consuelo Miranda +2 more
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