Are research ethics committees behaving unethically? Some suggestions for improving performance and accountability.

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The results of recent empirical investigations in research synthesis imply that research ethics committees are behaving unethically by endorsing new research which is unnecessary and by acquiescing in biased under-reporting of research which they have approved. The performance and accountability of research ethics committees would be improved if they required those proposing research to present systematic reviews of relevant previous research in support of their applications; to summarise the...

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Authors: Savulescu, J; Chalmers, I; Blunt, J

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
• Volume: 313
• Issue: 7069
• Pages: 1390-1393
• Publication date: 1996-11-01
• DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7069.1390
• EISSN: 1756-1833
• ISSN: 0959-8138
• Language: English
• Keywords: Risk Assessment; Empirical Research; Research; Information Dissemination; Ethics Committees, Research; Ethical Review; Disclosure; Social Responsibility; Professional Practice; Ethics Committees; Research Subjects; Professional Misconduct; Ethics, Medical; Bias (Epidemiology); Withholding Treatment