Open AccessUncertainties about the need for ethics approval in Switzerland: a mixed-methods study
Author(s) -
Viktoria Gloy,
Stuart McLennan,
Matthias Rinderknecht,
Bettina Ley,
Brigitte Meier,
Susanne Driessen,
Pietro Gervasoni,
Bernard Hirschel,
Pascal Benkert,
Ingrid Gilles,
Erik von Elm,
Matthias Briel
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
swiss medical weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1424-7860
pISSN - 1424-3997
DOI - 10.4414/smw.2020.20318
Subject(s) - research ethics , declaration of helsinki , medicine , ethics committee , declaration , legislation , human research , informed consent , law , medical education , engineering ethics , alternative medicine , political science , public administration , pathology , psychiatry , engineering
Jurisdictional inquiries are an important means for researchers to clarify whether their project requires ethical oversight. However, this mixed-methods study has identified some difficulties in the interpretation of legal terms, which often reflect persistent structural issues that many other countries also face. More detailed guidance may be helpful to reduce the researchers’ uncertainties and ethics committees’ workloads in relation to jurisdictional inquiries.
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