Research Ethics Committees Book

1	Introduction	1
2	Research ethics committees in Austria	3
3	Belgian ethics committees and the protection of personal data	9
4	Research ethics committees in Bulgaria	27
5	Research ethics committees in the Czech Republic	31
6	Research ethics committees in Denmark	35
7	Research ethics in Estonia	41
8	The general legal responsibility of research ethics committees in Finland	45
9	The role of ethics committees in relation to French biomedical research : protection of the person and personal data	55
10	Research ethics committees in Germany	73
11	Research ethics committees in Greece	85
12	Research ethics committees in Hungary	93
13	Research ethics committees in Ireland	107
14	Research ethics committees in Italy's legal system	111
15	Research ethics committees in Latvia	127
16	Research ethics committees in Lithuania	141
17	Research ethics committees in Malta	149
18	Medical research on human subjects and RECs in the Netherlands	153
19	The Norwegian model for ethical review of medical research	163
20	Research ethics committees and personal data protection in Poland	177
21	The constitution and operation of health ethics committees in Portugal : rights of patients to personal data protection	189
22	Bioethical review in Romania	215
23	Research ethics committees in Slovakia	221
24	Research ethics committees in Slovenia	229
25	Research ethics committees in Spain	233
26	The Swedish system for ethics review of biomedical research and processing of sensitive personal data	245
27	Research ethics committees and the law in the UK	271