Ethics Committees

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  1. 1.

    D.M. March 18, 1998 relativo alle Linee guida di riferimento per l’istituzione e il funzionamento dei Comitati etici (IT. relating to the reference guidelines for the establishment and operation of ethics committees) Published on Italian official. G.U. n.122 del May 28, 1998.

  2. 2.

    Direttiva 2001/20/CE del Parlamento Europeo del Consigli (IT. Directive 2001/20/CE of the European Parliament of the Council 2001/20/CE del Parlamento Europeo del Consiglio April 4, 2001.

  3. 3.

    Decreto Legislativo June 24 2003, n. 211. “Attuazione della direttiva 2001/20/CE relativa all’applicazione della buona pratica clinica nell’esecuzione delle sperimentazioni cliniche di medicinali per uso clinico” (IT. Legislative Decree June 24 2003, n. 211. “Implementation of Directive 2001/20/EC relating to the application of good clinical practice in carrying out clinical trials of medicinal products for clinical use”) Published on official GU n. 184 del August 9, 2003 - Supplemento Ordinario n. 130.

  4. 4.

    Article 6 is reported in full, as it presents many useful clarifications.

  5. 5.

    DM 12 maggio 2006.

  6. 6.

    D.M. 8 febbraio 2013, n.96. Criteri per la composizione e il funzionamento dei comitati etici.(IT: Criteria for the composition and functioning of ethics committees).

  7. 7.

    N17aaa DDL 25 ottobre 2017, Lorenzin.

  8. 8.

    AIFA Comunicato Stampa n. 550.

  9. 9.

    GU Serie Generale n.25 del 31-01-2018.

  10. 10.

    D.M 19 aprile 2018.

  11. 11.

    GU Serie Generale n.107 del 10-05-2018.

  12. 12.

    Hajibabaee et al. (2016) and Paternoster (2004–2005).

  13. 13.

    Goold (1999).

  14. 14.

    Bert (2006).

  15. 15.

    Spinsanti (2010) and Paternoster (2005).

  16. 16.

    Kaba and Sooriakumaran (2007) and Szasz and Hollender (1956).

  17. 17.

    Balint (1964, 1969).

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Russo, R.G. (2023). Ethics Committees. In: Medical Ethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42444-1_17

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