cntbioet's Grady:C [2 articles]

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[Excerpt:] To provide unified and consistent ethical guidance, we apply a previously proposed ethical framework for clinical research within developed countries to developing countries, explicating a previously implicit requirement for collaboration. More importantly, we propose specific and practical benchmarks to guide researchers and research‐ethics committees in assessing how well the enumerated ethical principles have been fulfilled in particular cases. ...

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[Excerpt:] One of the more visible features of the current bioethics and public policy landscape is the existence of national and transnational commissions of experts in science, law, bioethics, medicine, religion, and related disciplines. Unlike individual bioethicists, the credentials, expertise, and functions of whom have been the subject of considerable study and commentary, these commissions are less well understood. They exist in many countries, tend to be established in response to particular events, cases, or problems, and are increasingly being referred ...