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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Ethics committees"”.
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Globalization and ideology: ethics committees and global clinical trials in South Africa and Brazil
… globalization has been framed by the members of ethics committees, which are bodies responsible for assessing clinical research proposals submitted by both multinational companies and local researchers. I focus on the situations of South Africa and Brazil, two countries that have witnessed an …
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Mapping the review of ethics in research : the work of National Health Service (NHS) Research Ethics Committees in England
… regulation, there is limited attention paid to ethics review which is where decisions are made about the ethics of research. Much is claimed about the barriers and limitations the review of ethics presents to researchers, however, there is little evidence which starts from the standpoint of …
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The Contribution of African Traditional Medicine For a Model of Relational Autonomy in Informed Consent
… the analysis in this dissertation examines the ethics of care movement in Western bioethics which also advocates a relational approach to informed consent. This movement presents a concept of persons as relational beings who are socially embedded, thereby interpreting patient autonomy in their …
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EQUITABLE ACCESS TO HUMAN BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: Benefit Sharing Without Undue Inducement.
… genomic research. (b) With functioning research ethics committees, undue inducement is less of a concern in genetic research than in other medical research (e.g. clinical trials). (c) Concerns remain over research involving indigenous populations and some recommendations are provided. In drawing …
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Development of Woman-Centred Midwife-led Model of Care through Participatory Methods for the Uasin Gishu County Hospital, Kenya
… and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital Research Ethics Committees. Individual's participation was voluntary, informed consent was obtained and confidentiality maintained. There was no compensation for participation.
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Exploring the Use of Social Media by Female Saudi Nursing Students for Personal and Academic Purposes
… techniques. Ethical approval was gained from the Ethics Committees at Bournemouth University and King Saud University. Findings: Three categories were identified as being key components of the theoretical model of the study findings regarding nursing students’ usage of social media platforms: …
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Exploring the Use of Fictional Film as a Trigger to Enquiry Based Learning
… diaries. Ethical approval was granted by the ethics committees within both Universities involved. All students consented to participate in the guided group discussions, and twelve students agreed to be interviewed. As a nurse educator within the programme, and the group facilitator for both …
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An investigation of the effect of different methods of patient management on the outcome of lithium therapy.
… following the approval of respective Medical Ethics Committees. Data was collected by patient interview, clinician questionnaire and from patients’ medical and/or psychiatric case notes. The data acquired was then used to generate and test overall indices for outcome, combining all aspects of …
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Exploration of the impact of genetic counselling and patient support group involvement on retinal degenerative disorders (RDD) patients: a qualitative study
… from the University of Cape Town Research and Ethics committees as well as from study participants themselves. Ten willing individuals were interviewed using an open-ended question guide to extract information about their experiences with vision loss including but not exclusively, concerning …
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Publication and Registration Bias in Randomized Clinical Trials
… Addressed to editors, investigators and ethics committees, this thesis proposed several recommendations to inform the future development of best practices to mitigate the publication and registration bias in evidence-based medical research. This thesis proposed several recommendations to …
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Understanding nurses’ experiences of intuition, caring for people with severe and profound intellectual disabilities: an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA)
… (IPA). Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics Committees at University College Cork, and the Health Service Executive. Findings: Three group experiential themes emerged from the data which were, “being present”, “utilising holistic knowledge” and “articulating intuition into being.” The …
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Contemporary Perspectives on the Development of Australia’s Animal Research Regulation
… use of animals. I appraise the processes Animal Ethics Committees (AECs) undertake in reviewing and approving applications for animal research. I respond to a claim that these committees do not reject projects by conducting a quantitative analysis of application outcomes in a sample of Australian …
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Effects of HIV and different anti-retroviral therapy (ART) regimes on brain structure in HIV infected children at age 7
… with protocols approved by the human research ethics committees of Stellenbosch and Cape Town Universities; all parents provided written informed consent and children provided oral assent. MRI scans were analysed with FreeSurfer's automated processing stream (http://freesurfer.net/) to generate …
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Translations of informed consent documents for clinical trials in South Africa: are they readable?
… research participants. In South Africa, ethical committees regulating research on human participants (HRECs) are mandated by the Department of Health’s National Health Research Ethics Council’s (NHREC) guidelines to ensure that researchers have made special considerations for vulnerable groups …
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Addressing the needs of children under ‘universal’ and ‘vulnerable’ caseloads – a psychosocial case study of health visitors within an inner London borough
… received approval from Middlesex University Ethics (appendix 8c) and the local NHS Trust Ethics Committees. The key finding of this research is the significance of client-professional relationship which emerged as the overridding factor influencing child and family assessment, needs …
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Brain morphometry of HIV-infected children on early antiretroviral therapy (ART) from age 5 to 9 years
… with protocols approved by the human research ethics committees of the Universities of Stellenbosch and Cape Town and voluntary informed consent was received from either participants or their guardians. Both automated and manual methods were used to segment brain regions from high-resolution …
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A study of a workflow management system in higher education.
The Online Protocol Submission system is web-based workflow management system designed and implemented by Information Technology Services and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research at Baylor University. The system is secure and modular. The system automates certain processes in an effort to …