PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - John Saunders
TI  - Research ethics committees – time for change?
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.2-6-534
DP  - 2002 Nov 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 534--538
VI  - 2
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/2/6/534.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/2/6/534.full
SO  - Clin Med2002 Nov 01; 2
AB  - Research ethics committees have developed over the last 30 years in the UK. As their roles and responsibilities have grown, so too has the complexity of their work. This poses increasing problems which cannot be solved within the current structure. This article suggests that the present large number of volunteer committees be replaced by a much smaller number of fully professional bodies in order to increase speed, efficiency and consistency of working.