Although a relatively recent phenomenon, the role of informed consent in human research is
central to its ethical regulation and conduct. However, guidelines often recommend …

Health research plays a pivotal role in addressing inequities in health and human
development, but to achieve these objectives the research must be based on sound …

Many believe that informed consent makes clinical research ethical. However, informed
consent is neither necessary nor sufficient for ethical clinical research. Drawing on the basic …

accepted 2 September 2003; electronically published 17 February 2004. The views
expressed are those of the authors, reflecting their own personal research, and do not …

What is the basis for arguing that a volunteer army exploits citizens who lack civilian career
opportunities? How do we determine that a doctor who has sex with his patients is exploiting …

Ethical and Scientific Implications of the Globalization of Clinical Research Page 1 sounding
board The new england journal of medicine n engl j med 360;8 nejm.org february 19, 2009 …

The foundations of research ethics are riven with fault lines emanating from a fear that if
research is too closely connected to weighty social purposes an imperative to advance the …

The Oxford Textbook of Clinical Research Ethics is the first comprehensive and systematic
reference on clinical research ethics. Under the editorship of experts from the US National …

Objective Some researchers claim that the quality of informed consent of clinical research
participants in developing countries is worse than in developed countries. To evaluate this …

Background: Increasing collaboration between industrialised and developing countries in
human research studies has led to concerns regarding the potential exploitation of resource …