Ethics committees in Germany.
Because its chemical industry led the world a century ago, the need for control over research on humans was recognized first in Germany. Yet effective control, in the form of ethics committees, came later than in some other countries. This paper reviews the history and present status of German ethics committees.
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D028744:Ethics Committees, Research / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration; D005858:Germany; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006805:Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D015871:Scientific Misconduct