AHEC establishes working parties for select projects, under Section 39 of the National Health and Medical Research Act 1992. Some examples of contemporary projects that are of interest to the Australian public and research community are provided.
The working parties established by AHEC address contemporary issues in health and medical research. There are health ethics working parties and research ethics working parties. Examples of their projects can be viewed here.
On other pages in this topic
- Development of Guidelines for the Care of People in Post-Coma Unresponsiveness
- Report on ethical dilemmas that confront HRECs and researchers
- Development of an Issues Paper on the Commercialisation of Human Tissue
Public submissions to previous guidelines
If you want to view documents submitted by individuals and organisations to the development of previous AHEC guidelines, please contact us.