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Clinical Audit and Reform of the UK Research Ethics Review System (2007)
Journal Article
Cave, E., & Nichols, C. (2007). Clinical Audit and Reform of the UK Research Ethics Review System. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, 28(3), 181-203. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11017-007-9034-0

There is an international consensus that medical research involving humans should only be undertaken in accordance with ethical principles. Paradoxically though, there is no consensus over the kinds of activities that constitute research and should b... Read More about Clinical Audit and Reform of the UK Research Ethics Review System.

Reforming the Ethical Review System: Balancing the Rights and Interests of Research Participants with the Duty to Facilitate Good Research (2007)
Journal Article
Cave, E., & Nichols, C. (2007). Reforming the Ethical Review System: Balancing the Rights and Interests of Research Participants with the Duty to Facilitate Good Research. Clinical Ethics, 2(2), 74-79. https://doi.org/10.1258/147775007781029573

Researchers have frequently complained that the NHS ethical review system stifles good research. At last measures are being put in place to address this criticism, but will they undermine the protection of research participants? The Declaration of He... Read More about Reforming the Ethical Review System: Balancing the Rights and Interests of Research Participants with the Duty to Facilitate Good Research.

Drink and Drugs in Pregnancy: Can the Law Prevent Avoidable Harm to the Future Child? (2007)
Journal Article
Cave, E. (2007). Drink and Drugs in Pregnancy: Can the Law Prevent Avoidable Harm to the Future Child?. Medical Law International, 8(2), 165-187. https://doi.org/10.1177/096853320700800203

Alcohol and drug misuse in pregnancy can cause long-term harm to the born-alive child. Where pregnant women decide to bring the foetus to term but resist medical treatment that will benefit them both, there are two ways in which the law might force i... Read More about Drink and Drugs in Pregnancy: Can the Law Prevent Avoidable Harm to the Future Child?.