PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - S Kerrison
AU  - A M Pollock
TI  - The reform of UK research ethics committees: throwing the baby out with the bath water?
AID  - 10.1136/jme.2004.010546
DP  - 2005 Aug 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 487--489
VI  - 31
IP  - 8
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/31/8/487.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/31/8/487.full
SO  - J Med Ethics2005 Aug 01; 31
AB  - On 1 May 2004 research ethics committees became legally accountable to a new government body, the United Kingdom Ethics Committee Authority. This marks the end of the self regulation of research ethics. This paper describes how this change in research ethics committee status has come about and explores the implications for research subjects, researchers, institutions, and for regulation of research.