Ethical approval for health research in central and eastern Europe: an international survey

R Coker, M McKee - Clinical Medicine, 2001 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Research ethics committees in central and eastern Europe are increasing in importance as
institutions in this region host a growing and more diverse range and volume of health …

Legislative regulation and ethical governance of medical research in different European Union countries

P Veerus, J Lexchin, E Hemminki - Journal of Medical Ethics, 2014 - jme.bmj.com
Objective To obtain information about the similarities and differences in regulating different
types of medical research in the European Union (EU). Methods Web searches were …

[HTML][HTML] Ethical practices for health research in the Eastern Mediterranean region of the World Health Organization: A retrospective data analysis

M Abdur Rab, M Afzal, A Abou-Zeid, H Silverman - PLoS One, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Background Commentators have expressed concern regarding the existence of proper
ethics review systems in developing countries. Our aim is to explore the extent with which …

Ethical approval for national studies in Ireland: an illustration of current challenges

M Smith, F Doyle, HM McGee, DDL Harpe - Irish journal of medical …, 2004 - Springer
Background Ethical approval of research projects is, appropriately, an essential prerequisite
in health settings. Aims This paper outlines difficulties encountered with procedures for …

Non-equivalent stringency of ethical review in the Baltic States: a sign of a systematic problem in Europe?

E Gefenas, V Dranseika, A Cekanauskaite… - Journal of Medical …, 2010 - jme.bmj.com
We analyse the system of ethical review of human research in the Baltic States by
introducing the principle of equivalent stringency of ethical review, that is, research projects …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges of ethical clearance in international health policy and social sciences research: experiences and recommendations from a multi-country research …

N Edwards, S Viehbeck, RM Hämäläinen, D Rus… - Public Health …, 2012 - Springer
Background: Research ethics review practices vary considerably across countries and this
variability poses a challenge for international research programmes. Although published …

Twenty years of human research ethics committees in the Baltic States

V Dranseika, E Gefenas… - Developing World …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Two decades have passed since the first attempts were made to establish systematic ethical
review of human research in the Baltic States. Legally and institutionally much has changed …

[HTML][HTML] Research ethics committees in the regulation of clinical research: comparison of Finland to England, Canada, and the United States

E Hemminki - Health research policy and systems, 2016 - Springer
Background The aim of this paper is to compare common features and variation in the work
of research ethics committees (RECs) in Finland to three other countries–England, Canada …

A comparative analysis of biomedical research ethics regulation systems in Europe and Latin America with regard to the protection of human subjects

E Lamas, M Ferrer, A Molina, R Salinas… - Journal of medical …, 2010 - jme.bmj.com
The European project European and Latin American Systems of Ethics Regulation of
Biomedical Research Project (EULABOR) has carried out the first comparative analysis of …

[HTML][HTML] Status of national research bioethics committees in the WHO African region

JM Kirigia, C Wambebe, A Baba-Moussa - BMC Medical Ethics, 2005 - Springer
Abstract Background The Regional Committee for Africa of the World Health Organization
(WHO) in 2001 expressed concern that some health-related studies undertaken in the …