Ethics implementation in research and its supervision is stressed upon now, in view of the proliferating research centers and problems connected to informed consent, patient rights and prevention of unethical conduct by the investigators and the chemical suppliers, pharmaceutical industries on the one hand and the managements of the litigations on the other. The ICMR has enunciated the guide lines for India. Without ethical committee approval and clearence publications in Journals are also not accepted. This paper deals with the composition, functions, and methods of function of an Institutional Ethics Committee
Key words: Institutional Ethics committee, Medical research, Publications, ICMR Code for Bio-Medical Research
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