The Role, Remit and Function of the Research Ethics Committee — 2. Science and Society: The Scope of Ethics Review

Research Ethics 6 (2):58-61 (2010)
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This is the second in a series of five papers on the role, remit and function of research ethics committees which are intended to provide for REC members a broad understanding of the most important issues in research ethics and governance. This paper examines the role of ethics committees in assessing the science of the research it reviews. While ethics committees are not specifically constituted to review the science of a project, they must nevertheless assess the social benefits of research and, in this context, have an important role in checking that the science has been properly peer-reviewed.

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Sarah Edwards
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