Research ethics committees in a tight spot: Approving consent strategies for child research that are prima facie illegal but are ethical in terms of national guidelines
It is an internationally accepted principle that ethics norms should be applied and enforced in research with humans through ethics review by research ethics committees (RECs). This places RECs at the very heart of the system for protecting participants and enforcing their rights. In the South Afric...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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South African Medical Association
2018-10-01
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Series: | South African Medical Journal |
Online Access: | http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/download/12436/8641 |