| Assessment of the ethical review process in Sudan. | |
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PMID: 18021119 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The ethical review process is an important component of contemporary health research worldwide. Sudan started an ethical review process rather late in comparison with other countries. In this study, we evaluate the structure and functions of existing ethics review committees. We also explore the knowledge and attitudes of Sudanese researchers toward the ethical review process and their experience with existing ethics review committees. There are four ethics review committees in the country; these committees have no institutional regulations to govern their functions. Furthermore, Sudan also lacks national guidelines. Ethical reviews are carried out primarily for studies seeking international funding and are almost always governed by the funding agencies' requirements. Nearly half of respondents (46.3%) knew about the existence of research ethics committees in Sudan. Researchers reported a variety of experiences with the ethical review process; most of them were unable to define 'ethics committee'. |
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Authors:
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Dya Eldin M Elsayed; Nancy E Kass |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Developing world bioethics Volume: 7 ISSN: 1471-8847 ISO Abbreviation: Dev World Bioeth Publication Date: 2007 Dec |
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Created Date: 2007-11-20 Completed Date: 2007-12-27 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101120122 Medline TA: Dev World Bioeth Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 143-8 Citation Subset: E; IM |
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Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Alzaiem Alazhari University, Republic of the Sudan. delsayed@sudanmail.net |
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Attitude of Health Personnel Canada Ethical Review* / standards Ethics Committees, Research* Ethics, Research Humans Research Personnel* / statistics & numerical data Sudan United States |
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