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New Governance Arrangements for Research Ethics Committees: Is Facilitating Research Achieved at the Cost of Participants' Interest

Cave, Emma; Holm, Soren

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Authors

Soren Holm



Abstract

This paper examines the UK’s response to a recent European Clinical Trials Directive, namely the Department of Health, Central Office for Research Ethics Committee guidance, Governance Arrangements for NHS Research Ethics Committees. The revisions have been long awaited by researchers and research ethics committee members alike. They substantially reform the ethical review system in the UK. We examine the new arrangements and argue that though they go a long way toward addressing the uncertainty surrounding ethics committee function, the system favours the facilitation of research over the protection of the dignity and welfare of research participants.

Citation

Cave, E., & Holm, S. (2002). New Governance Arrangements for Research Ethics Committees: Is Facilitating Research Achieved at the Cost of Participants' Interest. Journal of Medical Ethics, 28(5), 318-321. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.28.5.318

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Oct 1, 2002
Deposit Date Aug 7, 2013
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Journal of Medical Ethics
Print ISSN 0306-6800
Electronic ISSN 1473-4257
Publisher BMJ Publishing Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 28
Issue 5
Pages 318-321
DOI https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.28.5.318

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This article has been accepted for publication in Journal of Medical Ethics. The definitive copyedited, typeset version Cave, Emma and Holm, Soren (2002) 'New governance arrangements for research ethics committees : is facilitating research achieved at the cost of participants’ interest.', Journal of medical ethics, 28 (5): 318-32 is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jme.28.5.318





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