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Correction to: Consent requirements for research with human tissue: Swiss ethics committee members disagree

BMC Medical Ethics volume 20, Article number: 24 (2019) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 26 November 2018

Correction to: BMC Med Ethics (2018) 19:93

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-018-0331-0

It has come to our attention that in the original article [1] information regarding dates was omitted. The data in this study were obtained in Switzerland four years before the entering into force of the new Swiss Human Research Act in 2014, when the guidelines of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS) ceased to apply. It is important for readers to know that at the time of the study there was no binding law in Switzerland, only the more open SAMS guidelines that have a different legal status. We would expect to find less variation of opinions among research ethics committee members if the study were repeated after the federal law came into force.

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  1. Colledge F, et al. Consent requirements for research with human tissue: Swiss ethics committee members disagree. BMC Med Ethics. 2018;19:93. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-018-0331-0.

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  1. Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, Birsstrasse 320B, 4052, Basel, Switzerland

    Flora Colledge

  2. Hôpital ophtalmique Jules-Gonin, Avenue de France 15, Case postale 133, 1000, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Sophie De Massougnes

  3. Institute for Biomedical Ethics, Bernoullistrasse 28, 4055, Basel, Switzerland

    Bernice Elger

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Colledge, F., De Massougnes, S. & Elger, B. Correction to: Consent requirements for research with human tissue: Swiss ethics committee members disagree. BMC Med Ethics 20, 24 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-019-0365-y

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