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Report of the Review of the Role and Functioning of Institutional Ethics Committees

Please note: This publication has been rescinded 11/09/2003

Ethical considerations are an inseparable component of decision making in health research and health care.

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Published year: 1996
Available in print: No
Status: Rescinded

Reference No: E34
Further information: nhmrc.publications@nhmrc.gov.au

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A Review of the Role and Functioning of Institutional Ethics Committees (IECs) was announced on 17 August 1994 by the Minister for Human Services and Health, the Hon. Dr Carmen Lawrence. The Review was established in response to concerns surrounding the clinical trials of the RU486 drug and with specific reference to recommendation 10 of The Inquiry into the use of Pituitary Derived Hormones in Australia and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (The Allars Report).

Extensive public consultation was undertaken generating significant public interest and response.

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