1st Edition

Research on Human Subjects Problems of Social Control in Medical Experimentation

Edited By Bernard Barber Copyright 1979
284 Pages
by Routledge

263 Pages
by Routledge

The use of human subjects in biomedical research has increased rapidly with scientific discoveries. However, the failure to achieve the highest - or even adequate - standards of professional moral concern and behavior is a serious side effect. Research on Human Subjects is based on four years of intensive research in which two studies were completed - one on a nationally representative sample of... Read more
1: Introduction; 2: Research Design and Methodology: The Two Studies; 3: Is There a Problem? Current Patterns of Ethical Standards and Practices; 4: The Dilemma of Science and Therapy: The Effects of Competition in the Science Community; 5: The Dilemma of Science and Therapy: The Effects of Competition in the Local Institution; 6: Social Control: Some Patterns and Consequences of Socialization; 7: Social Control: Some Patterns and Consequences of Collaboration Groups and Informal Interaction Structures; 8: Six Case Studies 1; 9: Social Control: The Structures, Processes, and Efficacy of Peer Group Review; 10: Social Control: Have Medical Schools been Ethical Leaders?; 11: The Social Responsibilities of a Powerful Profession: Some Suggestions for Policy Change and Reform

Biography

Bernard Barber