title: Should there be an accredited ethics committee system for centralised review of multicentre clinical research?
abstract: Australia's current decentralised system of institutional ethics committees has disadvantages for multicentre trials and for private clinicians who wish to undertake research. This article proposes a potential remedy for this situation.
authors.affiliation: Liverpool Hospital, NSW.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Beran
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D001315:Australia; D004282:Documentation; D017041:Ethics Committees / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D016365:Liability, Legal; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D012106:Research / Q000592:standards*