To the Editor: I am happy to inform Whiteman and colleagues1 that, should they wish to undertake a project in Australian general practices, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has one ethics committee which covers the whole of Australia. As a researcher, I have participated in many multicentre trials under the aegis of this committee over the past 8 years.
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- 1. Whiteman DC, Webb PM, Purdie DM, Green AC. National ethics committee urgently needed [letter]. Med J Aust 2003; 178: 187. <MJA full text>
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