Is the NHS research ethics committees system to be outsourced to a low-cost offshore call centre? Reflections on human research ethics after the Warner Report

Drip-Feeding: How the Pharmaceutical Industry Influences Research Ethics Committees

Whilst research ethics committees (RECs) exist to represent society's interests by placing appropriate checks on the economic power of ‘big pharma’, the political sphere is here seen to have generally acquiesced to economic interests and allowed industry to influence how it is regulated. RECs are accordingly urged to remain vigilant about the prospects of their being the subject of hidden influences.

Legal and institutional fictions in medical ethics: a common, and yet largely overlooked, phenomenon

A theoretical platform for a much‐needed change in the provision of healthcare based on restoring the autonomy of doctor–patient relationships