Research ethics review in humanitarian contexts: the experience of the independent ethics review board of Médecins Sans Frontières.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 19636356.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000115 and PMC identifier 2708346.
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Abstract
Doris Schopper and colleagues describe the functioning of the Médecins Sans Frontières independent ethics review board and the framework used for ethics review, and discuss challenging ethical issues encountered by the board since its inception.
Medical subject headings
- Altruism
- Ethics
- Global Health
- Health Policy
- Medical Missions