title: Observations from six years' experience of a health and safety research ethics committee.
abstract: The work of the Health and Safety Executive Research Ethics Committee is presented in the light of 100 studies submitted for consideration over its first six years of operation. Ethical issues which have arisen in the context of this non-therapeutic research, and which are considered by the committee to be of particular importance are highlighted and exemplified by specific case studies.
authors.affiliation: HSE Research Ethics Committee, HSE, Magdalen House, Stanley Precinct, Bootle, Merseyside L20 3QZ, UK.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Rawbone
mesh_terms: D003068:Coercion; D026724:Ethical Review; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D033281:Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics; D016272:Occupational Health; D035842:Research Subjects; D006113:United Kingdom