introduction: the application of organizational ethics in hospitals is one of the novel ways to improve medical ethics. nowadays achieving efficient and sufficient ethical hospital indicators seems to be inevitable. in this connection, the present study aims to determine the best indicators in hospital accreditation. methods: 69 indicators in 11 fields to evaluate hospital ethics were achieved ...

In Turkey, there was no legal regulation of research on human beings until 1993. In that year "the amendment relating to drug researches" was issued. The main objectives of the regulation are to establish a central ethics committee and local ethics committees, and to provide administrative control. There are no compulsory clinical ethics lectures in the medical curriculum, so it is also propose...

In an increasingly litigious society where ritual demands for accountability and "taking responsibility" are now commonplace, it is not surprising that members of clinical ethics committees (CECs) are becoming more aware of their potential legal liability. Yet the vulnerability of committee members to legal action is difficult to assess with any certainty. This is because the CECs which have be...

In Australia there has been only limited experience with ethics consultation, and there are no reports of practical details. In 1999, the Institutional Clinical Ethics Committee at John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, initiated an Acute Clinical Ethics Service (ACES) to formalise a perceived need within the hospital for ethics consultation. This need had previously been met by ad-hoc councils of "w...

On July 31, 2011, Korean Circulation Journal (KCJ) published a review article by Park et al. regarding the J-curve in hypertension and coronary artery diseases. However, a possibility of plagiarism has been raised in this article. The Editorial Board of KCJ has examined the review article and has requested the Committee for Publication Ethics of Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors (KA...

Ashdown HF, Räisänen U, Wang K, et al. Prescribing antibiotics to ‘at-risk’ children with influenza-like illness in primary care: qualitative study. BMJ Open 2016;6: e011497. Owing to a misunderstanding, the correct process required for ethical approval was not followed by the authors, and the reference number for ethical approval provided in the article relates to the sponsorship of the study ...

In the Method section, under the Procedure subheading, we have added a statement providing the name of the ethics committee that approved the research and the reference number.

This Ethics Committee report outlines the interests, obligations, and rights of both male and female donors who choose to provide gametes for use by others.

In their daily practice, editors face different problems and questions. To handle these situations, there are many policies and guidelines established by well-known influential organizations such as World Association of Medical Editors, International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, Committee on Publication Ethics, Council of Science Editors, European Association of Science Editors, and Ea...

In their daily practice, editors face different problems and questions. To handle these situations, there are many policies and guidelines established by well-known influential organizations such as World Association of Medical Editors, International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, Committee on Publication Ethics, Council of Science Editors, European Association of Science Editors, and Ea...