title: Researchnotes.
abstract: Advances in research governance and the blending of processes for seeking ethical approval have created a climate dominated by risk aversion. Ethics committees focus their efforts on ensuring risks to participants are proportional to the potential benefits. Unfortunately, the same degree of proportionality is not afforded to the review of low-risk research, much of it coming from the nursing profession.
authors.affiliation: Anglia Institute of Health and Social Studies, Anglia Polytechnic University.
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gelling