Twenty years of human research ethics committees in the Baltic States

Abstract

Two decades have passed since the first attempts were made to establish systematic ethical review of human research in the Baltic States. Legally and institutionally much has changed. In this paper we provide an historical and structural overview of ethical review of human research and identify some problems related to the role of ethical review in establishing quality research environment in these countries. Problems connected to (a) public availability of information, (b) management of conflicts of interest,

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Keywords

Baltic States, ethical review, Research ethics committees, Transparency, 3.3 Health sciences, 1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database, Issues, ethics and legal aspects, Health(social science), Health Policy, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Citation

Dranseika, V, Gefenas, E, Cekanauskaite, A, Hug, K, Mežinska, S, Peicius, E, Silis, V, Soosaar, A & Strosberg, M 2011, 'Twenty years of human research ethics committees in the Baltic States', Developing World Bioethics, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 48-54. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-8847.2010.00288.x