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 …

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

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 …

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

they would be willing for study personnel (unrelated to the registry) to solicit their
participation in the study. The researchers and the IRB showed respect for and provided …

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 …

CONCLUSION Research is complex and continually evolving; ethical dilemmas can arise
and are arising at all stages. All stakeholders can agree on the ends, that ethical dilemmas …

Given the diversity of what we bring along with us, some commentators have seized the
intended thrust of my remarks, others have not. So, let me try again to make my position …

The increasing complexity of human subjects research and its oversight has prompted
researchers, as well as institutional review boards (IRBs), to have a forum in which to …