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Data from which identifiers have been removed and replaced by a code, but it remains possible to re-identify a specific individual by, for example, using the code or linking different data sets.
Research involving the studied use of empirical materials such as case studies, personal experience, life stories, interview, observations and cultural texts.
A document that provides the background, rationale and objectives of the research and describes its design, methodology, organisation and the conditions under which it is to be performed and managed.
A domain within which individuals and groups are entitled to be free from the scrutiny of others.
A substance not containing an active agent under study, administered to some participants to compare the effects of the active agent administered to other participants.
Information by which individuals can be identified.
Anyone who is the subject of research.
Data that have never been labelled with individual identifiers or from which identifiers have been permanently removed, and by means of which no specific individual can be identified. A subset of non-identifiable data are those that can be linked with other data so it can be known they are about the same date subject, although the person’s identity remains unknown.
Research in which there is no foreseeable risk of harm or discomfort, and any foreseeable risk is of inconvenience only.
A multicenter research trial is a clinical trial conducted at more than one medical center or clinic. Most large clinical trials, particularly Phase III trials, are conducted at several clinical research centers.
The process of verifying that the conduct of research conforms to the approved proposal.
Research in which the only foreseeable risk is one of discomfort.
Not disclosing to research participants all of the aims and/or methods of the research.
Regard for the human sameness shared by all human beings, expressed in a concern for fairness or equity. Includes three aspects of justice: procedural justice, involving fair methods of making decisions and settling disputes; distributive justice, involving fair distribution of the benefits and burdens of society; and corrective justice, involving correcting wrongs and harms through compensation or retribution.
Honesty and probity as qualities of character and behaviour.