common notion about ethics evaluation. One of the challenges that discussions of ethics
face is that of overcoming the assumption, integral to the modern conceptualization of the …

Few could disagree with the starting premise in,“Strangers at the Benchside: Research
Ethics Consultation”(Cho et al. 2008). Over the past 40 years, the efforts for addressing the …

Strangers at the Benchside have: a reasonable amount of substantive knowledge in the field
in which investigators seeking consults are working; practical experience in applying moral …

As medicine and science advance, new ethical questions emerge. Over time, deliberation
and analysis result in a somewhat settled approach to a problem. Often the settled approach …

Rosamond Rhodes (2005) has provided much food for thought in her interesting and
provocative article. Probably the most controversial point is her proposal that participation in …

The recent emergence of research ethics consultation services across the country is a
welcome phenomenon. Transformations in the practice of clinical research are proliferating …

BACKGROUND The RECS at JHSPH started in March 2005. As background, The Johns
Hopkins University received funds as part of an Office for Human Research …

Continuing failures of human subjects protection have prompted calls for increased
governmental regulation, additional oversight, more effective training for investigators in the …

In response to recurrent reports of human rights abuses in the name of medical research, the
United States has created a system of local oversight of research to ensure compliance with …

Ethics education is firmly integrated into medical school curricula. Every US allopathic
medical school offers at least one ethics course, and many schools require at least one for …