Guidelines for the ethical conduct of medical research involving children.

Determining the Level of Statisticians’ Participation in Canadian-based Research Ethics Committees

In many research institutions, local research ethics committees (RECs) (henceforth to be referred to as research ethics boards (REBs)) are trusted to advance or safeguard the research ethics at the institution. These are autonomous bodies whose primary role is to advance the protection or safety of human or animal subjects in medical research and to promote or foster high ethical standards for ...

Health research involving First Nations, Inuit and Métis children and their communities.

Canadian and international guidelines address the ethical conduct of health research in general and the issues affecting Indigenous populations in particular. This statement summarizes, for clinicians and researchers, relevant ethical and practical considerations for health research involving Aboriginal children and youth. While not intended to duplicate findings arising from lengthy collaborat...

P-138: What Should We Know about Ethical Problem in ART? A Study of Systematic Review

Background: Advances in medical technology have had major impacts on human reproduction. The development of effective contraceptive methods has reduced unwanted fertility, and the development of a variety of drugs and procedures has, for the first time, permitted women with fertility problems to reasonably expect that they can fulfill their desires to have children. So, The aim of this review a...

Guidelines to aid ethical committees considering research involving children.

Human rights and ethical considerations in oral health research.

Although international agreements set the framework for research ethics, countries vary in their interpretation and execution. The Government of Canada guidelines are based on the Tri-council policy statement: ethical conduct for research involving humans (2005) and the new CIHR guidelines for health research involving Aboriginal people (2007). In this critical review, we address 3 areas of edu...