Exempting low-risk health and medical research from ethics reviews: comparing Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States and the Netherlands

Exempting low-risk health and medical research from ethics reviews: comparing Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States and the Netherlands

Abstract Background Disproportionate regulation of health and medical research contributes to research waste. Better understanding of exemptions of research from ethics review in different jurisdictions may help to guide modification of review processes and reduce research waste. Our aim was to iden...

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Main Authors: Anna Mae Scott, Simon Kolstoe, M. C. ( Corrette) Ploem, Zoë Hammatt, Paul Glasziou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:Health Research Policy and Systems
Subjects:
Research ethics
research committees
waste in research
low-risk research
exemption
international variation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-019-0520-4

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