Should research ethics committees be told how to think?

Research ethics committees (RECs) are charged with providing an opinion on whether research proposals are ethical. These committees are overseen by a central office that acts for the Department of Health and hence the State. An advisory group has recently reported back to the Department of Health, r...

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Published in:Journal of medical ethics 2007-01, Vol.33 (1), p.39-42
Main Author: Sayers, G M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advisory Committees
Committees
Decision making
Descriptive ethics
Ethical aspects
Ethical instruction
Ethical intuitionism
Ethics
Ethics committees
Ethics Committees, Research - standards
Ethics, Medical
Health policy
Human subjects
Humans
Intuition
Medical ethics
Medical policy
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Metaethics
Morality
Normative ethics
Public Policy
Research Ethics
Thinking
United Kingdom
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Summary:Research ethics committees (RECs) are charged with providing an opinion on whether research proposals are ethical. These committees are overseen by a central office that acts for the Department of Health and hence the State. An advisory group has recently reported back to the Department of Health, recommending that it should deal with (excessive) inconsistency in the decisions made by different RECs. This article questions the desirability and feasibility of questing for consistent ethical decisions.
ISSN:0306-6800
1473-4257
DOI:10.1136/jme.2005.014688