title: Criteria for decision making in local research (ethics) committees.
abstract: This paper briefly reviews the role in medical ethics of the British Medical Association and the General Medical Council. It describes the origin of local research ethics committees and then outlines the criteria which should be used in such committees to assess the ethics of research protocols, based on current best practice in the United Kingdom.
authors.affiliation: Preston Health Authority, Fulwood.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Horner
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D032781:Codes of Ethics; D035881:Compensation and Redress; D003657:Decision Making; D017041:Ethics Committees; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005006:Ethnicity; D006805:Human Experimentation; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D033281:Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012106:Research / Q000592:standards; D035842:Research Subjects; D012307:Risk Factors; D006113:United Kingdom