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== Research ethics == In a joint statement in August 2010, the [[ME Association]] and [[the Young ME Sufferers Trust]] called the SMILE study "unethical" saying, "The ME Association and The Young ME Sufferers Trust do not believe that it is ethically right to use children in trialling an unproven and controversial process such as the Lightning Process."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.meassociation.org.uk/study-involving-children-and-the-lightning-process-is-unethical-says-joint-charity-statement/ | title = The Lightning Process and SMILE trial is an “unethical” study involving children {{!}} 20 September 2010|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-16}}</ref> [[Invest in ME]] in a letter to the National Research Ethics Committee (NRES) described the process as "rather like [[CBT]] but with bullying and risks of harm."<ref>[http://www.investinme.org/Article-501%20Childrens%20Study.htm Letter to National Research Ethics Committee - Invest in ME]</ref> Professor Robin Gill, a member of the British Medical Association's medical ethics committee, wrote to the Church Times about the LP and the SMILE trial. He expressed concern about the issue of coercion of children in the trial.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://meagenda.wordpress.com/2010/10/14/children-should-not-be-used-as-guinea-pigs-prof-robin-gill-church-times-lp-pilot-study/ | title = Children should not be used as guinea pigs: Prof Robin Gill, Church Times (LP pilot study) | last = meagenda | date = 2010-10-14 | website = ME agenda|language=en|access-date=2019-07-16}}</ref>
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