Medisinsk etikk - en problembasert tilnaerming

Author(s): Ruyter, Knut W.; Förde, Reidun; Solbakk, Jan Helge
Document type: Book
Year: 2000
Pages: 283
Source: Publishing house: Gyldendal Akademisk (Oslo)
Language(s): Norwegian

Classification

National background: Norway
Category: EU Training Material for Research Ethics
Subject areas: Conflict of interest; Ethical research (fraud and misconduct); Human experimentation
Focus: Sub-focus: embedded in medical ethics
Content: Case studies; Important codes; Legal background
Issues touched: Autonomy, respect, informed consent, subjects unable to consent, role of representatives Beneficence, non-maleficence, risk for the subject Justice, benefits/burdens, research without benefit for the subject, placebos/standard therapy Protection of privacy, data protection, biological material Vulnerable groups, soldiers, prisoners, pregnant women, elderly people International research, research in developing countries Social impact of research, economic benefits, risks for third parties Social background of research, conflicts of interest, researcher vs. doctor, commercialisation Fabrication, falsification, plagiarism ethics committees, research protocols Publication of unethical trials Research on animals
Audience: students of medicine

Estimation

Didactical quality: Didactically prepared material
Overall estimation: recommendable
Estimation remarks: Although research ethics is only one issue among others, the rather long chapter (4, pp. 148-187) devoted to it gives a good introduction to the ethics of medical research both in historical and analytical perspective. Case studies are provided together with questions which are intended to guide the analysis. Important codes and documents are reprinted at the end of the book (pp. 249-259) which make it a valuable source for training courses.