Doctors are under strict ethical provisions not to refuse patients, and in medical school and during training, they learn to filter their own responses in order to help patients feel safe and secure.
All participants gave informed consent to participate in this study, which was conducted in accordance with the ethical provisions of the institution and the Declaration of Helsinki.
The study was done in full accordance with the ethical provisions of the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki (as amended by the 52nd General Assembly, Edinburgh, Scotland, October 2000).
Animals used in the study were kept according to national and international ethical provisions for animal husbandry as implemented at EMBL.
In Greece, QED (market research company) conducted the fieldwork under the codes and guidelines of International Chamber of Commerce/European Society for Opinion and Market Research which are similar to ethical provisions in the other participating countries.
The study procedures, patient inclusion/exclusion criteria, dosage regimens, efficacy and safety endpoints, statistical analyses, and ethical provisions have been reported in detail previously 23, and will be described only briefly here.
The study was approved by the appropriate institutional review boards and was conducted in accordance with the ethical provisions set out in the Declaration of Helsinki, and all applicable local laws and regulations.
National legislation stipulates the ethical provisions governing ABS studies; the charter includes clear procedures for gaining permission from all participants and strict criteria for maintaining the privacy and safety of participants.
The outcome variables were the global assessments of the ethical components (provision of information, understanding, respect for integrity and decision-making).
The purpose of these ethical code provisions on conflicts of interest is to avoid the appearance of lack of objectivity or bias.
