2014, Number 5
Research Ethics Committees: the conscience of the researcher to guarantee the protection of participants in clinical research in dentistry and oral medicine
Cerda CBI, Garrocho RJA, Pozos GAJ
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Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Research Ethics Committees (RECs) are multidisciplinary teams that protect human subjects participating or who are going to participate in clinical research in the field of oral health or any other biomedical field. The REC reviews and evaluates the bioethical implications of a proposed research protocol and then either grants its authorization or chooses to reject it. All institutions that carry out research in the field of biomedicine are required to have an REC, including schools and faculties of Dentistry and Oral Medicine. The members of these institutions, including faculty, researchers, students, and patients should know what an REC is and what it does. The aims of this study are: 1) to present the historical facts that led to the creation of the firsts RECs, and 2) to review the internal structure of RECs, their function, and the international and national guidelines that regulate them. As such, this article could be described as an introductory guide to RECs.REFERENCES