Robinson, L. (Louise), Dr., Murdoch-Eaton, Deborah and Carter, Yvonne, 1959-2009. (2007) NHS research ethics committees : still need more common sense and less bureaucracy. BMJ, Vol.335 (No.7609). p. 6. ISSN 0959-535X

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Abstract

National Health Service research ethics committees exist to ensure that research performed within the NHS complies with recognised ethical standards and to protect the rights, safety, and dignity of all actual or potential participants. In the past decade the operation of research ethics committees has come under, and continues to come under, close scrutiny. Researchers now consider the process of acquiring ethical approval to be so onerous that it is compromising clinical research. Medical educators also think that the process is too unwieldy to allow undergraduate students to acquire research experience, an essential learning outcome required by the General Medical Council.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Medical ethics committees -- Great Britain, Medicine -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Great Britain
Journal or Publication Title:	BMJ
Publisher:	BMJ Group
ISSN:	0959-535X
Date:	7 July 2007
Volume:	Vol.335
Number:	No.7609
Page Range:	p. 6
Identification Number:	10.1136/bmj.39201.508692.2C
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/3316

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