TWENTY YEARS OF HUMAN RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEES IN THE BALTIC STATES

  1. VILIUS DRANSEIKA1,*,
  2. EUGENIJUS GEFENAS1,
  3. ASTA CEKANAUSKAITE1,
  4. KRISTINA HUG2,
  5. SIGNE MEZINSKA3,
  6. EIMANTAS PEICIUS4,
  7. VENTS SILIS3,
  8. ANDRES SOOSAAR5,
  9. MARTIN STROSBERG6

Article first published online: 7 DEC 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8847.2010.00288.x

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Developing World Bioethics

Developing World Bioethics

Volume 11, Issue 1, pages 48–54, April 2011

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DRANSEIKA, V., GEFENAS, E., CEKANAUSKAITE, A., HUG, K., MEZINSKA, S., PEICIUS, E., SILIS, V., SOOSAAR, A. and STROSBERG, M. (2011), TWENTY YEARS OF HUMAN RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEES IN THE BALTIC STATES. Developing World Bioethics, 11: 48–54. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8847.2010.00288.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Medical History and Ethics (DMHE) at the Vilnius University, Lithuania

  2. 2

    Department of Medical Ethics, Lund University, Sweden

  3. 3

    Riga Stradins University (RSU), Latvia

  4. 4

    Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania

  5. 5

    Department of Public Health, University of Tartu, Estonia

  6. 6

    Union Graduate College – Mount Sinai School of Medicine Bioethics Program, Schenectady, New York, USA

*Vilius Dranseika, Department of Medical History and Ethics, Vilnius University, M.K.Čiurlionio St. 21/27, Vilnius LT-03101, Lithuania. Email: vilius.dranseika@fsf.vu.lt

  1. Conflict of interest statement: No conflicts declared

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  1. Issue published online: 17 MAR 2011
  2. Article first published online: 7 DEC 2010

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Keywords:

  • Research ethics committees;
  • transparency;
  • ethical review;
  • Baltic States

ABSTRACT

Two decades have passed since the first attempts were made to establish systematic ethical review of human research in the Baltic States. Legally and institutionally much has changed. In this paper we provide an historical and structural overview of ethical review of human research and identify some problems related to the role of ethical review in establishing quality research environment in these countries. Problems connected to (a) public availability of information, (b) management of conflicts of interest, (c) REC composition and motivation of REC members, and (d) differing levels of stringency of ethical review for different types of studies, are identified. Recommendations are made to strengthen cooperation among the Baltic RECs.

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