Background Multi-centre studies generally cost more than single-centre studies because of larger sample sizes and the need for multiple ethical approvals. Multi-centre studies include clinical trials, clinical quality registries, observational studies and implementation studies. We examined the costs of two large Australian multi-centre studies in obtaining ethical and site-specific approvals. ...

Seeking ethics committee approval for research can be challenging even for relatively simple studies occurring in single settings. Complicating factors such as multicentre studies and/or contentious research issues can challenge review processes, and conducting such studies internationally adds a further layer of complexity. This paper draws on the experiences of the LINNAEUS Collaboration, an ...

In a country with long philosophical tradition like Greece, the lack of Ethical Principles for educational evaluation is surprising. This article presents reasons such gap within general theoretical framework evaluation, combined major schools thought on Ethics. The authors discuss importance and assessment take critical view present ethical frames. They proceed to fill by coming up list twenty...

L ibrary and Archives Canada (LAC) contains a number of resources relevant to Indigenous heritage, among them the School Files Series which contains government records created from 1879 to 1953 about residential and day schools operating in Canada and available on microfilm. In recent years, many of these microfilm images have been digitized and made available on the LAC and other websites. The...

Ethical hacking education prepares future information security professionals with the tools and skills to fight prevent cybersecurity threats. Businesses, schools, governments, individuals have an increasing concern keep their systems, networks, data secure from outside Most technologies use a defensive approach client’s safe; however, ethical provides one of only proactive/aggressive methods f...

in the recent years, new medical technologies and their probable misuses have emerged public concerns about medical ethics. medical ethics is a practical discipline that provides a structured approach for identifying, analyzing, and resolving ethical issues in clinical medicine. in this study we reviewed some new methods of teaching medical ethics in other countries by searching in internet and...

In view of the high prevalence of HIV and AIDS in South Africa, particularly among adolescents, the Departments of Health and Education have proposed a school-based HIV counselling and testing (HCT) campaign to reduce HIV infections and sexual risk behaviour. Through the use of semi-structured interviews, our qualitative study explored perceptions of parents regarding the ethico-legal and socia...

PURPOSE This article is a commentary and discussion of ethical issues in dysphagia services as related to school-based practice in speech-language pathology. METHOD A review of the literature on ethical issues in the provision of speech-language pathology services to individuals with dysphagia was conducted, with particular emphasis on students receiving school-based services. RESULTS Issue...