title: Competence of ethics committees in patient protection in clinical research.
abstract: Research Ethics Committees (RECs) are responsible for the protection of patients' rights and wellbeing. In this paper, we describe the findings of a survey of ethics committee members in a south Indian state. 29 members of 11 RECs responded to a questionnaire of 56 questions on their knowledge of and attitudes towards ethics review and the practices of the RECs to which they belonged.
authors: Department of Pharmacology, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research centre, Bangalore 560 056 India. drpratibhanadig@yahoo.co.in
authors: Pratibha
authors: P
authors: Nadig
authors: Medha
authors: M
authors: Joshi
authors: Aradhana
authors: A
authors: Uthappa
mesh_terms: D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006805:Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D028701:Patient Rights / Q000941:ethics*; D011361:Professional Competence