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Research in which the only foreseeable risk is one of discomfort.

Not disclosing to research participants all of the aims and/or methods of the research.

Regard for the human sameness shared by all human beings, expressed in a concern for fairness or equity. Includes three […]

Honesty and probity as qualities of character and behaviour.

Data from which the identity of a specific individual can reasonably be ascertained.

Details attached to data, such as name and/or contact information, that identify an individual. (It may remain possible to identify […]

The substance, structure, and texture of human organs or body parts when separated from human beings; includes blood, blood components […]

Human Research Ethics Committee.

That which adversely affects the interests or welfare of an individual or a group. Harm includes physical harm, anxiety, pain, […]

Any source of DNA or RNA that can be tested to obtain genetic information. It includes cells (whether isolated or […]

The concepts of right and wrong, justice and injustice, virtue and vice, good and bad, and activities to which these […]

Body set up to carry out ethical review of human research.

Review of research by an HREC or other body.

Right or morally acceptable / wrong or morally unacceptable.

A systematic collection of data, whether individually identifiable, re-identifiable or non-identifiable.

Pieces of information

A person’s or group’s agreement, based on adequate knowledge and understanding of relevant material, to participate in research.

In the research context: where a person’s individual interests or responsibilities have the potential to influence the carrying out of […]

The obligation of people not to use private information – whether private because of its content or the context of […]

A form of research designed to find out the effects of an intervention, including a treatment or diagnostic procedure.