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Health Law Review archives from March 22 2009
From code to policy statement: creating Canadian policy for ethical research involving humans.
March 22, 2009... Introduction
While the history of U.S. and international research ethics is well documented, little has been written on the formation of Canadian policy and practice. (2) Most commentary on Canadian policy has centred on content,...
Research governance lessons from the National Placebo Initiative.
March 22, 2009... 1. Introduction
For at least the last two decades, Canada has been an international leader in research ethics. Canadian scholars have written seminal articles that now fill standard texts in the field. For example, in the authoritative...
Ethical challenges and evolving practices in research on ethics in health research.
March 22, 2009... Introduction
'Research ethics' are "the moral principles guiding research, from its inception through to completion and publication of results and beyond." (1) Ethical review offers guidelines concerning the rights, dignity and safety of...
Informing governance through evidence-based research on REBs: challenges and opportunities. (Research Ethics Boards)
March 22, 2009... In 2004, Joan Sieber made a passionate call for research that would inform our understanding of the workings of Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) or Research Ethics Boards (REBs). Although there is a rich scholarship on the ethical conduct of...
Challenges to ethics review in health research.(Canada)
March 22, 2009...
"Whereas Parliament believes that health research should... take
into consideration ethical issues...." (1)
The legislation creating the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) in 2000 specifically mentioned ethics in the...
Minimal risk and large-scale biobank and cohort research.
March 22, 2009... Introduction
Minimal risk is a core concept in research ethics, but its proper role in the regulation of large-scale biobank and cohort research is unsettled. By framing a project as posing only minimal risk to research participants,...
Ethics review of multi-centre trials: where do we stand?
March 22, 2009... It has been a decade since the Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Health and Human Services (OIG), issued its landmark report, Institutional Review Boards: A Time for Reform. (1) The OIG report talked of major changes in the research...
Research ethics boards and challenges for public participation.
March 22, 2009... Background
Governments increasingly emphasize the importance of public input in processes related to policy and decision making. (1) Over the last decades, public input has become standard practice in, for example, prioritizing the funding...
Examining and understanding the need for Canadian Research Ethics Board (REB) Member Standardized Education: governance views from the field.
March 22, 2009... Introduction
The Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS), was rolled out in 1998. This unique Canadian research guidance document is updated regularly and posts the following instructions:...