Adapting standards: ethical oversight of participant-led health research

Effy Vayena; John Tasioulas

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001402

Adapting standards: ethical oversight of participant-led health research

PLoS Med. 2013;10(3):e1001402. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001402. Epub 2013 Mar 12.

Authors

Effy Vayena¹, John Tasioulas

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Biomedical Ethics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. vayena@ethik.uzh.ch

Abstract

As participant-led health research increases, Effy Vayena and and John Tasioulas examine what ethical questions are raised, and what types of standards need to be developed for appropriate ethical oversight for participant-led research projects.

MeSH terms

Academies and Institutes / ethics
Academies and Institutes / standards
Community-Based Participatory Research / ethics*
Community-Based Participatory Research / standards*
Ethics, Research*
Humans
Motivation

Grants and funding

No specific funding was received for writing this article.