1st Edition

Research Ethics

Edited By Ana Smith Iltis Copyright 2006
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

Medicine in the twenty-first century is increasingly reliant on research to guarantee the safety and efficacy of medical interventions. As a result, the need to understand the ethical issues that research generates is becoming essential. This volume introduces the principal areas of concern in research on human subjects, offering a framework for understanding research ethics, and the relationship... Read more

1. Human Subjects Research: Ethics and Compliance  2. Ethics of Vaccine Research  3. Ethical Issues in the Conduct of Genetic Research  4. Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Human Therapeutic Cloning: Maintaining the Ethical Tension between Respect and Research  5. Conducting and Terminating Randomized Controlled Trials  6. Ethics in Behavioral and Social Sciences Research  7. When Should Research with Infants, Children, or Adolescents Be Permitted?  8. Biomedical Research in the Developing World: Ethical Issues and Dilemmas  9. Financial Conflicts of Interest and the Human Passion to Innovate  10. Interpreting Scientific Data Ethically: A Frontier for Research Ethics

Biography

Ana Smith Iltis teaches health care ethics at Saint Louis University, USA and her research interests are human subjects research ethics and organizational ethics.