Experiences of the BMJ ethics committee

Education of ethics committee members: experiences from Croatia.

OBJECTIVES To study knowledge and attitudes of hospital ethics committee members at the first workshop for ethics committees in Croatia. DESIGN Before/after cross-sectional study using a self administered questionnaire. SETTING Educational workshop for members of hospital ethics committees, Zagreb, 2003. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS Knowledge and attitudes of participants before and after th...

Role of the research ethics committee.

Research ethics committees have an important role to play in ensuring the ethical standards and scientific merit of research involving human subjects. There are three important obligations placed on the ethics committee. Firstly, and most importantly, the ethics committee must ensure that the rights of research participants are protected. This is achieved by ensuring that individuals receive su...

The Views of Ethics Committee Members

Background. Good quality, ethically sound research is needed in order to better understand, appropriately respond to, and reduce the incidence of suicide. There is, however, a lack of clarity around the nature of ethical problems associated with suicide research and how to resolve them. This is a formidable challenge for ethics committee members in approving and monitoring research. Aims. To de...

National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee

Ethics-committee authorization in Germany.

On 9 August 1994 the German legislature revised the German Drug Law (AMG). Included in the revision is a passage requiring, for the first time, that the sponsors and investigators of clinical studies involving human subjects first obtain the approval of an ethics committee before carrying out such studies. According to the legislation, which takes effect on 17 August 1995, approval is to come f...