1st Edition
Healthcare Research Ethics and Law Regulation, Review and Responsibility
By Hazel Biggs
Copyright 2010
208 Pages
by
Routledge-Cavendish
208 Pages
by
Routledge-Cavendish
208 Pages
by
Routledge-Cavendish
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The book explores and explains the relationship between law and ethics in the context of medically related research in order to provide a practical guide to understanding for members of research ethics committees (RECs), professionals involved with medical research and those with an academic interest in the subject.
Healthcare Research Ethics and Law sets out the law as it relates to the... Read more
1. Introduction Part 1 2. Brief History of Research Ethics 3. Research Ethics in Theory and Practice 4. Legal Liabilities of RECs 5. Consent 6. Confidentiality Issues in Research Part 2: Specialist Concerns 7. Researching Vulnerable Groups 8. Human Tissue 9. Conclusions and Thorny Issues
Biography
Professor Hazel Biggs is Professor of Medical Law at the University of Southampton, UK.
" This is a timely publication which provides a useful source for those wishing to find out more about how the regulation of healthcare research operates in the United Kingdom. It will prove particularly helpful as a portable source of reference for members of research ethics committees, or RECs." - Robin Mackenzie, University of Kent, Research Ethics Review (2010) Vol.6, No 1
