Research ethics committees: what is their contribution?

Perhaps a week of intensive training in critical thinking would be the best preparation for members of research ethics committees

1 Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Prahran, VIC.
2 Victorian Infectious Diseases Service and Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Infectious Diseases, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC.

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