Is the NHS research ethics committees system to be outsourced to a low-cost offshore call centre? Reflections on human research ethics after the Warner Report.
The recently published Report of the AHAG on the Operation of NHS Research Ethics Committees (the Warner Report) advocates major reforms of the NHS research ethics committees system. The main implications of the proposed changes and their probable effects on the major stakeholders are described.
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Institute of Health Sciences Education, Centre for Health Sciences, Academic Unit for Human Science and Medical Ethics, Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, 40 New Road, London E1 2AX, UK. m.epstein@qmul.ac.uk
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