Record series
Ethics Committee on Medical Research, Minutes and Papers
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Function / Content
This series comprises minutes of the Royal Melbourne Hospital’s Ethics Committee on Medical Research.
In 1974 the hospital established a Board of Medical Research and an Ethics Committee on Research to co-ordinate and oversee all medical research. The Ethics Committee considered and advised the Board of Management and the Board of Medical Research on all ethical matters arising from research activity and perused all research protocols including the importance of obtaining informed consent of patients and volunteers.
The Ethics Committee was abolished in 1996 with the final meeting took place on 5 December 1996. Matters of ethical research at the hospital are now coordinated by the Human Research Ethics Committee.
How to use the records
Refer to the list of records to identify items of interest. For minutes of the Board of Medical Research see VPRS 19285 Board of Medical Research, Project Proposal Files.
Recordkeeping system
This is an artificial series comprising meeting minutes and papers grouped in unregistered files. The year listed in the title of the record refers to what is written on the file cover. This date may differ from the date of the contents of the file if papers or correspondence related to the meetings enclosed in the file have dates outside of this range.
The records are arranged by type of record, the minutes and general papers are each arranged chronologically.
Prior to transfer to Public Record Office Victoria, the records in this series were maintained as part of the Royal Melbourne Hospital Archives.
