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Synopsis
Values and Ethics: Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research (Values and Ethics) provides guidance to researchers and Human Research Ethics Committees (HRECs) on the complex considerations necessary in the conception, design and conduct of appropriate research in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Values and Ethics was developed by an Australian Health Ethics Committee working committee in 2003 and replaced the Guidelines on ethical matters in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research (1991).
Keeping Research on Track: A guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples about health research ethics (Keeping Research on Track) is a companion document to Values and Ethics. Values and Ethics and Keeping Research on Track are to be used together, along with the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2007 - updated May 2015).
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Values and Ethics: Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research (2003) and Keeping research on track: a guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples about health research ethics (2006) are both currently under review.