Huge variation in obtaining ethical permission for a non-interventional observational study in Europe
Abstract Background Ethical approval (EA) must be obtained before medical research can start. We describe the differences in EA for an pseudonymous, non-interventional, observational European study. Methods Sixteen European national coordinators (NCs) of the international study on very old intensive...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-06-01
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Series: | BMC Medical Ethics |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12910-019-0373-y |