Ethics committee
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In research
An ethics committee in the European Union is a body responsible for oversight of medical or human research studies in EU member states. Local terms for a European ethics committee include:
- A Research Ethics Committee (REC) in the United Kingdom
- A Medical Research Ethics Committee (MREC) in the Netherlands.
- A Comités de Protection des Personnes (CPP) in France.
In the United States, an ethics committee is usually known as an Institutional Review Board, a committee dedicated to overseeing the rights and well-being of research subjects participating in scientific studies in the US.
In Australia, an ethics committee in medical research refers to a Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC).
Non-research context
In a non-research context, the term may refer to:
- The Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics
- United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (popularly known as the "Ethics Committee")
- United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics
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