Can a medical director of a health facility give ethical clearance for a study in the absence of ethical committee?
Definitely not, if there is an Ethics Committee, you have to consult it. Obviously these studies referred to must refer to patients, logically that a decision in this field goes through a detailed analysis of the principles of Bioethics that compromises values of the entire health system of any country, so you can not disregard the opinion of the Committee for a decision in this field.
Yes Dennis that is the standard practice, Thanks for your input
In my opinion, a medical director of a health facility can not give ethical clearance for a study in the absence of ethical committee.
Because of the nature of the study, a decision of whether to give clearance for a study should be left to an ethical board.
It's a common misunderstanding. Many researchers who have not been exposed to research ethics think of the Ethical Approval as a bureaucratic formality, so any permission should do.
We the... (fill in the blank as you wish) should do more to raise the awareness about the general picture and the greater role of the the ethical review and its role in the protection of the participants and the researchers alike.
in the absence of an extabilished
ethical board, can the medical director give the approval ?
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