Ethical issues: The multi-centre low-risk ethics/governance review process and AMOSS

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-203

  Vaughan, Geraldine ^a   Pollock, Wendy ^b   Peek, Michael J ^c   Knight, Marian ^d   Ellwood, David ^e   Homer, Caroline S ^f   Pulver, Lisa Jackson ^g   McLintock, Claire ^h   Ho, Maria ⁱ   Sullivan, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e The Australian National University   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^h AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

ⁱ Mary Aikenhead Ministries   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiological studies; Ethical review; Ethics committees; Multi centre studies; Pregnancy; Research governance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH RATE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84979834512     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2011.01390.x     Document Type: Article

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