background: local ethical committees in medical sciences in iran were established in 1999 in order to assess and evaluate the observance of ethical standards throughout the universities and research centers. the purpose of this study is to analyze the situation of local ethical committees in order to develop research ethics guideline. methods: for this cross-sectional study which has been condu...

This article is the fourth of a 6-part JAMDA series devoted to medical ethics in the nursing home. In each issue, a case is presented from the Ethics Committee at the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged (HRCA) in Boston, Massachusetts. Following a description of the case and a discussion of the ethical issues that the case raises, Dr. Steven Levenson discusses the implications for medical dir...

In the last years an alternative to traditional research projects conducted with patients has emerged: it is represented by the pairing of different type of disease biobanks specimens with Electronic Health Records (EHRs). Even if informed consent remains one of the most contested issues of biobank policy, other ethical challenges still require careful attention, given that additional issues ar...

“Small samples of skin were collected from southern right whales across New Zealand and Australia using a stainless-steel biopsy dart fired from a modified veterinary capture rifle31 or deployed from a crossbow32. Samples were collected from Bremer Bay/Doubtful Island Bay, Western Australia in 1994 and 1995 as previously described23, and Cape Jervis/Encounter Bay, South Australia, Warrnambool a...

This study complied with all of the principles of research ethics regulations which have been adopted by the Iranian Ministry of Health. Likewise, the study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Jahrom University of Medical Sciences. Although the IRB approved this study, the medical students of our own institution might be vulnerable subjects. However, ethical approval was ...

A brief report is given of the October 1984 semiannual meeting of the Professional Society Ethics Group, which comprises 26 societies affiliated with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. At the meeting, a representative of the American College of Physicians (ACP) discussed a new ACP Ethics Manual written by an ad hoc committee of the ACP to address major ethical issues enco...

itself. The multicentre research ethics committee system was set up to deal with such procedural difficulties. Improvements in the system have occurred. However, local research ethics committees have been reluctant to abandon their autonomy sufficiently to allow efficient functioning of this system, and this has been identified as a potential reason for continuing concerns about the new system....

The Ethics Committee’s Mandate 1. Starting point and principles 1.1. Brief description of “Terminator” technology 1.2. Patenting 1.3. State of knowledge 1.4. State of the international discussion 2. Elements of the ethical evaluation 2.1. Research and economic aspects 2.2. Social aspects 2.3. Ecological aspects 2.4. Aspects of the dignity of creation 2.5. Impact of patenting “Terminator” techno...

22 Waldenstrom U, Silsson C. A randomized controlled study of birth center care versus standard maternity care: effects on women's health. Perhaps a week of intensive training in critical thinking would be the best preparation for members of research ethics committees n a recent lecture at Monash University, the philosopher Raimond Gaita, Professor of Moral Philosophy at King' s College , Unive...

BACKGROUND Mediccil malpractice is professional negligence by a healthcare provider in which the treatment provided falls below the starndard and causes injury or death to the patient. OBJECTIVE To describe the adverse medical events, claims and decisions taken by the Ethiopian Health Professionals Ethics Committee at the Federal level. METHODS A three-year report of the Ethics Committee an...