title: Do ethics committees need a legal framework?
abstract: The question "do ethics committees need a legal framework" may then raise fundamental discussion in the case of developing countries: will an ethical framework bring them a better capacity to assume their task? And what should this task be if we consider the particularities of clinical research conducted in developing countries?
authors: International Association of Law, Ethics and Science.
authors: Christian
authors: C
authors: Byk
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000941:ethics*; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003906:Developing Countries; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D014480:United Nations; D014944:World Health Organization