World Health Organization (WHO)2019-09-252019-09-252015-02-012013978 92 4 150547 59789241505475http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/217839This report represents an important effort to apply the ethical guidance provided through these documents to the specific field of patient safety research. The report aims to help patient safety professionals, investigators, health-care institutions, ethics review committees, health authorities and others ensure the ethical conduct of patient safety activities. It synthesizes the organized deliberations of a highly respected group of research ethics and patient safety specialists from all over the world who, over the past years, have collaborated with WHO to produce this guidance. This document is especially important in resource-poor settings, where there is a pressing need to conduct more locally applicable research for health, including studies related to patient safety.Pages: 41engWith permission of the license/copyright holdercode of ethicscode of conductpatient safetyethics in researchethical reviewgeneral practicemedical errorsBioethicsMedical ethicsHealth ethicsBook