Ethics review as a component of institutional approval for a multicentre continuous quality improvement project: the investigator's perspective

• Main Authors: von Dadelszen Peter (Author), Ross Sue (Author), Ezzat Hanna (Author), Morris Tara (Author), Liston Robert (Author), Magee Laura A (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>For ethical approval of a multicentre study in Canada, investigators must apply separately to individual Research Ethics Boards (REBs). In principle, the protection of human research subjects is of utmost importance. However, in prac...