Innovations in research ethics governance in humanitarian settings

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Schopper, Doris ^a,b   Dawson, Angus ^c   Upshur, Ross ^d   Ahmad, Aasim ^e,f   Jesani, Amar ^g   Ravinetto, Raffaella ^h,i   Segelid, Michael J ^j   Sheel, Sunita ^k   Singh, Jerome ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Centre for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Kidney Centre Karachi   (Pakistan)

^f AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^g Anusandhan Trust   (India)

^h INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

ⁱ Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences ^*  (Belgium)

^j MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^k Global Health and Bioethics   (India)

^l UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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Author keywords

Framework for ethics review; Humanitarian contexts; Research ethics; Research impact

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS;

ALTRUISM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHICAL REVIEW; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATIONS; PHYSICIANS; POLICY; RESEARCH;

EID: 84928727696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12910-015-0002-3     Document Type: Review

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