Human research must respect most rigorous ethical standards to protect both the
investigators and subjects. Codes of ethical practice relevant to such research are subjected …

Research involving human volunteers has been the subject of previous review to examine
ethical standards and codes of conduct.'There is need for codified ethical standards to …

In research ethics there is a canon regarding what ethical rules ought to be followed by
investigators vis‐à‐vis their treatment of subjects and a canon regarding what fundamental …

The 'practice of ethics' takes the upper hand over all other obligations including legal
enforcements and moral prejudices—even so during medical research. Ethics in medical …

In most cases, subjects participate in a trial for no more reward than the belief that they are
contributing to the advancement of medical knowledge. Even when subjects are …

The temptation in clinical research to sacrifice the interests, the health, and sometimes even
the lives of research subjects to the advancement of the interests of science and society, and …

Over the last 60 years or so, there has been myriad guidance on the ethical conduct of
research with humans1–13 (see Table 11.1). Despite the profusion, the extant guidance …

This chapter deals with basic information about one of the essential dimensions of clinical
research: ethics. It begins with a brief background on the historical aspects of human …

Ethical guidelines for conducting clinical trials have historically been based on a perceived
therapeutic obligation to treat and benefit the patient-participants. The origins of this ethical …

Abstract The Australian Health Ethics Committee's National Statement on Ethical Conduct in
Research Involving Humans (1999) expanded the health and medical focus of preceding …