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标题：A Plea for Consistency in Ethical Review
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作者：David D. Pothier ; South Bristol LREC ; Corné-Louise Bredenkamp 等
期刊名称：Research Ethics
印刷版ISSN：1747-0161
电子版ISSN：2047-6094
出版年度：2006
卷号：2
期号：3
页码：109-110
DOI：10.1177/174701610600200307
出版社：SAGE Publications
摘要：When considering submissions ethics committees should be consistent in all aspects of their review. A wide variation in performance is likely to result in the unfair dismissal of good research on the one hand with inadequate ethical review on the other, neither of which is acceptable. The recent annual reports for UK MRECs suggest that the level of unfavourable opinion ranges from 6.9% to 24.2% Although a certain level of inconsistency is inherent in the system of ethical review there is little research to determine how much of that inconsistency in inevitable and how much of it is the result of poor process. The time has come for high quality research to be done to assess the consistency and hence the validity of ethical review.