Ethics in Medical Research: A Handbook of Good Practice

Forside
Cambridge University Press, 12. aug. 1999 - 403 sider
This is a comprehensive, practical guide to the ethical issues raised by different kinds of medical research, and is the first such book to be written with the needs of the researcher in mind. Clearly structured and written in a plain, accessible style, this book covers every significant ethical issue likely to be faced by researchers and research ethics committees. The author outlines and clarifies official guidelines, gives practical advice on how to adhere to them, and suggests procedures in areas where official recommendations are vague or absent. This invaluable handbook will help researchers identify and address ethical issues at an early stage in the design of their studies, helping them to avoid unnecessary delay, and to safeguard the well-being of patients and healthy volunteers. The book will also be extremely useful to members of research ethics committees.

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Origin of the ethical review of medical research
1
protecting patients
12
Researchers and their facilities
50
Importance of informed consent
57
Evaluating risks and benefits
87
Acceptable research procedures
104
Confidentiality
115
Research with healthy volunteers
149
Gene therapy
259
Research on fetuses
267
Animal to human transplantation
281
Postapproval monitoring of research by ethics committees
292
A specimen local medical research ethics committee
311
Specimen medical research ethics committee application
319
Guide to constructing a patientvolunteer information sheet
339
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353

Are placebos ethical?
159
Arrangements for compensation
169
Research on surplus blood and other tissue
200
Questionnaire and interview studies
208
Epidemiological studies
219
Genetic research special ethical considerations
228
A specimen review questionnaire for researchers
360
Some useful websites
372
Bibliography
378
Index
391
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