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Better Mechanisms Are Needed to Oversee HREC Reviews
Hawe et al. raise concerns about Human Research Ethics Committees (HRECs) taking a risk-averse and litigation-sensitive approach to ethical review of research proposals. HRECs are tasked with reviewing proposals for compliance with the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research for the...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9719317/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36479560 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/phe/phac010 |
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author | Eckstein, Lisa McWhirter, Rebekah Stewart, Cameron |
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description | Hawe et al. raise concerns about Human Research Ethics Committees (HRECs) taking a risk-averse and litigation-sensitive approach to ethical review of research proposals. HRECs are tasked with reviewing proposals for compliance with the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research for the purpose of promoting the welfare of participants. While these guidelines intentionally include a significant degree of discretion in HREC decision making, there is also evidence that HRECs sometimes request changes that go beyond the guidance provided by the National Statement. When HRECs request changes outside their remit, inconsistencies between individual HRECs become more common, contributing to delays in ethical review and reducing the quality of HREC decision making. Improvements to the HREC regulatory system are needed to promote transparency and accountability. |
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spelling | pubmed-97193172022-12-06 Better Mechanisms Are Needed to Oversee HREC Reviews Eckstein, Lisa McWhirter, Rebekah Stewart, Cameron Public Health Ethics Case Discussions Hawe et al. raise concerns about Human Research Ethics Committees (HRECs) taking a risk-averse and litigation-sensitive approach to ethical review of research proposals. HRECs are tasked with reviewing proposals for compliance with the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research for the purpose of promoting the welfare of participants. While these guidelines intentionally include a significant degree of discretion in HREC decision making, there is also evidence that HRECs sometimes request changes that go beyond the guidance provided by the National Statement. When HRECs request changes outside their remit, inconsistencies between individual HRECs become more common, contributing to delays in ethical review and reducing the quality of HREC decision making. Improvements to the HREC regulatory system are needed to promote transparency and accountability. Oxford University Press 2022-09-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9719317/ /pubmed/36479560 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/phe/phac010 Text en © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Discussions Eckstein, Lisa McWhirter, Rebekah Stewart, Cameron Better Mechanisms Are Needed to Oversee HREC Reviews |
title | Better Mechanisms Are Needed to Oversee HREC Reviews |
title_full | Better Mechanisms Are Needed to Oversee HREC Reviews |
title_fullStr | Better Mechanisms Are Needed to Oversee HREC Reviews |
title_full_unstemmed | Better Mechanisms Are Needed to Oversee HREC Reviews |
title_short | Better Mechanisms Are Needed to Oversee HREC Reviews |
title_sort | better mechanisms are needed to oversee hrec reviews |
topic | Case Discussions |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9719317/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36479560 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/phe/phac010 |
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