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. 2009 Jul;6(7):e1000115.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000115. Epub 2009 Jul 28.

Research ethics review in humanitarian contexts: the experience of the independent ethics review board of Médecins Sans Frontières

Doris Schopper  1 , Ross Upshur, Francine Matthys, Jerome Amir Singh, Sunita Sheel Bandewar, Aasim Ahmad, Els van Dongen
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Research ethics review in humanitarian contexts: the experience of the independent ethics review board of Médecins Sans Frontières

Doris Schopper et al. PLoS Med. 2009 Jul.

Abstract

Doris Schopper and colleagues describe the functioning of the Médecins Sans Frontières independent ethics review board and the framework used for ethics review, and discuss challenging ethical issues encountered by the board since its inception.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Comment in

  • Ethics without borders.
    PLoS Medicine Editors. PLoS Medicine Editors. PLoS Med. 2009 Jul;6(7):e1000119. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000119. Epub 2009 Jul 28. PLoS Med. 2009. PMID: 19636357 Free PMC article.

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