title: Submitting an application for research ethics clearance.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Research involving human subjects requires approval by a research ethics committee before commencement. What appears to many researchers to be a daunting task can be relatively easy if approached sensibly.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this paper is to offer advice to potential applicants for ethics approval of their research.
  
  
  METHODS
  The paper provides practical information, based on years of experience, for novice and experienced applicants to a research ethics committee.
authors.affiliation: Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, Room 10A01 Medical School, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2193 South Africa. Email: peter.cleaton-jones@wits.ac.za
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Cleaton-Jones
authors.forename: M E J
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Curzon
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality; D004282:Documentation; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research / Q000458:organization & administration; D032984:Ethics, Research; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006805:Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards; D035842:Research Subjects