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International Journal for Quality in Health Care 2005 17(5):379; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzi069
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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

The real ethical problem

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In this issue, we publish a study of medication errors [1] and an accompanying editorial [2] that raises several ethical concerns about the study and also about the decision to publish the article. As the editor, I wish to explain my position.

When do we need ethical oversight?

I have argued previously that we need more ethical oversight of quality improvement projects, whether . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Is individual informed consent always necessary?

Can observation be ethical?

The main ethical problem

T. V. Perneger

Quality of Care Service, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland


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