Shaul Randi
Bioethicist, Department of Bioethics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Crit Care. 2002 Apr;6(2):121-2. doi: 10.1186/cc1469. Epub 2002 Mar 11.
The role of research ethics committees (RECs) is currently strained by increases in the number of protocols that are in need of review, the scientific and funding complexities of the protocols, and a lack of clear standards for ethics assessment. This commentary describes the significance of these strains and calls for clarification of reviewer accountability. To maintain or, in many cases, to restore public and professional trust in the ethics of human research and in REC review of protocols, it is imperative that steps be taken to clarify the accountability of RECs and their individual members.
研究伦理委员会(RECs)的作用目前因需要审查的方案数量增加、方案的科学和资金复杂性以及缺乏明确的伦理评估标准而受到限制。本评论描述了这些限制的重要性,并呼吁明确审查者的问责制。为了维持或在许多情况下恢复公众和专业人士对人类研究伦理以及RECs对方案审查的信任,必须采取措施明确RECs及其个别成员的问责制。