Observational study of 353 applications to London multicentre research ethics committee 1997-2000

Observational study of 353 applications to London multicentre research ethics committee 1997-2000.

Since 1997 British studies involving five or more centres have required approval from both a multicentre research ethics committee and the local research ethics committee for each centre. A local committee can reject the protocol for local reasons but cannot amend it. Some researchers have criticised the process of obtaining ethical approval for multicentre studies, but little is known about th...

Committee on Publication Ethics 1997-2000.

Responses of local research ethics committees to a study with approval from a multicentre research ethics committee.

itself. The multicentre research ethics committee system was set up to deal with such procedural difficulties. Improvements in the system have occurred. However, local research ethics committees have been reluctant to abandon their autonomy sufficiently to allow efficient functioning of this system, and this has been identified as a potential reason for continuing concerns about the new system....

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...

Evolution of Ethics in Clinical Research and Ethics Committee

Ethics are the moral values of human behavior and the principles which govern these values. The situation becomes challenging for a doctor when he assumes the role of researcher. The doctor-researcher has to serve both the roles and at times the zeal of an investigator has the potential to cloud the morality of the physician inside. It is very important to realize that exploiting the faith of p...