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eMJA: Natural justice and human research ethics committees: an Australia-wide survey Natural justice and human research ethics committees: an Australia-wide survey. Objective: To determine how familiar human research ethics committees (HRECs) are with the principles of natural justice and whether they apply these principles. Design and setting: A postal survey conducted between April and September 2002 of the Chairs of all HRECs registered with the Australian Health Ethics Committee of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) in 2001. Main outcome measures: HRECs’ reported familiarity with, and application of, three principles of natural justice: (1) the hearing rule, requiring a decision maker to allow a person affected by a decision to present his or her case; (2) the rule against bias, requiring a decision maker to be unbiased in the matter to be decided; and (3) the evidence rule, requiring that a decision be based on the evidence provided, and not irrelevant issues. Results: From 201 Chairs of HRECs Australia-wide, we received 110 completed questionnaires (55% response rate). About 33% of respondents were very familiar with the principles of natural justice, and 25% completely unfamiliar. Most respondents felt that natural justice should be, and usually is, applied by HRECs. Full Article: http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/180_02_190104/van10390_fm.html |
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