Updated 30 June 2020
Crowd Wisdom: Give the Journal your opinion
There are differences of opinion regarding the needs for ethics approval for Case Reports. Some journals insist they are given by an authoritative body, usually the institution of the writer
The reality is that most case reports are written by independent practitioners
Tell us and help formulate the Journal policy: do case reports need specific approval by a thirds party ethics committee?
We will report the Journal's decision, informed by your input, in October 2020