title: The current situation regarding the establishment of national ethical guidelines for biomedical research in Thailand and its neighboring countries.
abstract: This study discusses the establishment of ethical guidelines for ethical review for biomedical research performed in Thailand, and to some extent, in neighboring countries. There are differences, from country to country, at national and institutional levels regarding guidelines for ethical review committees. Only a handbook issued by Mahidol University describes guidelines for human genetic research and on research dealing with reproductive technology. Both these areas require special consideration to avoid violating human dignity, rights, and confidentiality. This indicates that further efforts should be made to establish research guidelines and/or principles dealing with the human genome.
authors.affiliation: Asian Center of International Parasite Control, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand skojima@iuhw.ac.jp
authors.forename: Somei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Jitra
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Waikagul
authors.forename: Wichit
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rojekittikhun
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Keicho
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000941:ethics*; D002160:Cambodia; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006805:Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D002052:Myanmar; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards; D035842:Research Subjects; D013785:Thailand; D014495:Universities