title: Tiny tweaks, big changes: An alternative strategy to empower ethical culture of human research in anesthesia (A Taiwan Acta Anesthesiologica Taiwanica-Ethics Review Task Force Report).
abstract: For this guidance article, the Ethics Review Task Force (ERTF) of the Journal reviewed and discussed the ethics issues related to publication of human research in the field of anesthesia. ERTF first introduced international ethics principles and minimal requirements of reporting of ethics practices, followed by discussing the universal problems of publication ethics. ERTF then compared the accountability and methodology of several medical journals in assuring authors' ethics compliance. Using the Taiwan Institutional Review Board system as an example, ERTF expressed the importance of institutional review board registration and accreditation to assure human participant protection. ERTF presented four major human research misconducts in the field of anesthesia in recent years. ERTF finally proposed a flow-chart to guide journal peer reviewers and editors in ethics review during the editorial process in publishing. Examples of template languages applied in the Ethics statement section in the manuscript are expected to strengthen the ethics compliance of the authors and to set an ethical culture for all the stakeholders involved in human research.
authors: Department of Anesthesia, China Medical University Hospital-Beigang, Yunlin, Taiwan. Electronic address: lukairforce@gmail.com.
authors: Hsiang-Ning
authors: HN
authors: Luk
authors: Institutional Review Board, Boston University Medical Campus, Boston, MA, USA.
authors: John F
authors: JF
authors: Ennever
authors: Department of Anesthesia, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital-Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
authors: Yuan-Ji
authors: YJ
authors: Day
authors: Department of Anesthesia, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors: Chih-Shung
authors: CS
authors: Wong
authors: Department of Anesthesia, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors: Wei-Zen
authors: WZ
authors: Sun
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000941:ethics*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000941:ethics; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D032984:Ethics, Research; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D011643:Publishing / Q000941:ethics; D012941:Social Responsibility
keywords: human research; institutional review board; publication ethics; research misconduct