Research Ethics Committee
Key Facts
Abbreviation
REC
Pronunciation
/ˈrisərʧ ˈɛθɪks kəˈmɪti/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine
Examples in Context
- The main responsibility of Research Ethics Committee(REC) is to protect the rights, safety and wellbeing of human subjects involved in a clinical trial.
- Ethical approval to undertake this study was examined from Human Research Ethics Committee(REC), Southern Medical University.
- Ethical approval was obtained from the Cancer Hospital Research Ethics Committee(REC).
- But Zamri said that the research team had to obtain approval from the university's ethics committee, which follows international safety standard.
- Confronting the ever increasing doctor-patient contradiction and the ethical problems both in practice and medical research, various countries are exploring into the construction of Medical Ethics Committee.