Review of national research ethics regulations and guidelines in Middle Eastern Arab countries

BMC Medical Ethics

Table 2 Ethical protections stated in the research ethics document for the 13 countries in the Middle East

	Frequency of protections	Saudi Arabia			Kuwait	Qatar	UAE	Bahrain	Egypt	Lebanon	Jordan
		SFDA clinical trial requirement guidelines	Ethics of medical profession	System of ethics of research on living subjects	Ethical guidelines for biomedical research	Guidelines, regulations and policies for research	Guidance for conducting Clinical Trials	Ethical guidelines for health research	Professional ethics regulations	Law of medical ethics	Law of clinical studies
Informed consent	10	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
E. C.	9	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+
Scientific validity	9	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+
Confidentiality	7	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	-
Benefits and risks of participation	7	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	-
Limitations of risk of research on incapables	5	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	-
Inducement to participate	5	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-
Consent of incapables	4	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-
Research involving children	4	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-
Ethical review of externally sponsored research	3	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-
Information in the I. C.	3	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-
Who is responsible for collecting I. C.	3	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-
Research with limited resources	2	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-
Research involving vulnerable persons	2	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-
Compensation	2	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-
Strengthening ethical and scientific capacity	2	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-
Obligation to provide health-care	2	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-
Women as research subjects	1	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-
Equitable distribution of burdens and benefits	1	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-
Total number of protections		15	5	9	7	19	6	6	9	2	3

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