Research ethics review in humanitarian contexts: the experience of the independent ethics review board of Médecins Sans Frontières

Doris Schopper and colleagues describe the functioning of the Médecins Sans Frontières independent ethics review board and the framework used for ethics review, and discuss challenging ethical issues encountered by the board since its inception.

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Published in:PLoS medicine 2009-07, Vol.6 (7), p.e1000115-e1000115
Main Authors: Schopper, Doris, Upshur, Ross, Matthys, Francine, Singh, Jerome Amir, Bandewar, Sunita Sheel, Ahmad, Aasim, van Dongen, Els
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Altruism
Bioethics
Ethics
Global Health
Health in Action
Health Policy - trends
Humans
Hypothesis testing
International organizations
Intervention
Medical Missions
Non-Clinical Medicine/Bioethics
Non-Clinical Medicine/Research Methods
Public Health and Epidemiology/Global Health
Review boards
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Summary:Doris Schopper and colleagues describe the functioning of the Médecins Sans Frontières independent ethics review board and the framework used for ethics review, and discuss challenging ethical issues encountered by the board since its inception.
ISSN:1549-1676
1549-1277
1549-1676
DOI:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000115