International variation in ethics committee requirements: comparisons across five Westernised nations

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Ethics committees typically apply the common principles of autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence and justice to research proposals but with variable weighting and interpretation. This paper reports a comparison of ethical requirement...

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Main Authors: Nachson Israel, Davies Graham, Lobb Brenda, Goodyear-Smith Felicity, Seelau Sheila M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2002-04-01
Series:BMC Medical Ethics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6939/3/2