Bioethical profile of pre-projects submitted to ethics in research committees of the State University of Para

Abstract

This paper aims at drawing the profile of drafts sent to Research Ethics Committee (REC) of the University of Para (Uepa). All drafts sent to REC between January 2006 and December 2010 were analyzed, by applying own research protocol allowing to analyze the four principles of the Principialism Bioethics, as well as secrecy. The analysis of REC/Uepa drafts showed that these tend to respect patient’s beneficence and autonomy, while justice and secrecy are the bioethical principles least observed, although an improvement trend has been seen with time.