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International Journal for Quality in Health Care Advance Access originally published online on August 12, 2005
International Journal for Quality in Health Care 2005 17(5):377-378; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzi068
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International Journal for Quality in Health Care vol. 17 no. 5 © The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of International Society for Quality in Health Care; all rights reserved

Editorial

Publication of ethically suspect research: should it occur?

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In this issue of International Journal for Quality in Health Care, a prospective, observational study has been published that confirms frequent error in drug administration, a now well-recognized risk to patient safety [1–3]. As a peer-reviewer, I suggested rejection of this manuscript for publication on ethical grounds as it raises a series of ethical concerns including (i) lack of oversight by a Research Ethics Board (REB) or equivalent; (ii) lack of a written informed consent procedure; and (iii) the lack of intervention by the observers when potential harms to patients were identified. These concerns raise further issues. Which jurisdictional standards should apply in the assessment of research for publication? What are the consequences of rejecting . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Research ethics oversight

Lack of written informed consent

Lack of intervention by observers

What are the consequences of rejecting a manuscript? What are the potential benefits to publishing ethically suspect work?

Which jurisdictional standards should apply in the assessment of research for publication?

Conrad V. Fernandez

Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, IWK Health Centre Halifax, Department of Bioethics, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada


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