Resumen

BARBOZA, Marco, MINAYA, Gabriela y FUENTES, Duilio. Hacia una comisión nacional de ética de la investigación en salud en Perú: apuntes acerca de rutas y procesos en perspectiva comparada. Rev. perú. med. exp. salud publica, oct./dic. 2010, vol.27, no.4, p.621-628. ISSN 1726-4634.

We performed a review of the constitution processes and functions of national commissions on health research ethics in Latin America and Europe countries, which are characterized by its relation with the legislation and governmental structures in health sector, but, especially, in almost totality of cases for being linked by the functioning of the Research Ethics Committees. On the basis of this review there are realized an initial balance sheet and perspectives of the conformation of a National Commission on Health Research Ethics in Peru.

Palabras llave: Ethics committees; research; Vulnerable populations; Clinical trials; Peru.