Huge variation in obtaining ethical permission for a non-interventional observational study in Europe

Dylan W. de Lange,Bertrand Guidet,Finn H. Andersen,Antonio Artigas,Guido Bertolini,Rui Moreno,Steffen Christensen,Maurizio Cecconi,Christina Agvald-Öhman,Primoz Gradisek,Christian Jung,Brian Marsh,Sandra Oeyen,Bernardo Bollen Pinto,Wojciech Szczeklik,Ximena Watson,Tilemachos Zafeiridis,Hans Flaatten

Huge variation in obtaining ethical permission for a non-interventional observational study in Europe

2019

Dylan W. de Lange
Bertrand Guidet
Finn H. Andersen
Antonio Artigas
Guido Bertolini
Rui Moreno
Steffen Christensen
Maurizio Cecconi
Christina Agvald-Öhman
Primoz Gradisek
Christian Jung
Brian Marsh
Sandra Oeyen
Bernardo Bollen Pinto
Wojciech Szczeklik
Ximena Watson
Tilemachos Zafeiridis
Hans Flaatten

Background Ethical approval (EA) must be obtained before medical research can start. We describe the differences in EA for an pseudonymous, non-interventional, observational European study.

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Alternative medicine
Permission
Medical research
Observational study
Family medicine
Philosophy of medicine
Medicine
Institutional research
Informed consent
intensive care
Harmonization
External validity
Computer-assisted web interviewing

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