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Are ethics committees retarding the improvement of health services in Australia?
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb123503.x
Subject(s) - citation , perspective (graphical) , point (geometry) , library science , ethics committee , political science , medical journal , medical ethics , public relations , sociology , law , public administration , computer science , mathematics , geometry , artificial intelligence
In the 4 January 1999 issue of the Journal, we published an article that criticised the current system of ethical review of research in this country. In this issue, Pearn (page 38) replies from the perspective of a chairman of an ethics committee, and correspondents (below), including the Chairman of the Australian Health Ethics Committee, point out that some reform processes are already under way.