Ethics in medicine - research ethics

Author(s): University of Washington, Human Subjects Division
Document type: Online material
Year: 1999
Pages: 10
Source: Faculty, university or academic institution: University of Washington School of Medicine
Language(s): English

Classification

National background: United States
Category: Non-EU Training Material for Research Ethics
Subject areas: Human experimentation
Content: Legal background; Important codes; Normative reflections; Cases studies
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 Ethics committees, research protocols
Audience: Students of natural sciences
Classification remarks: Enumerating the main issues in human subjects research, the main ethical principles (Belmont), then focussing on informed consent, one case study about an Alzheimer patient.

Estimation

Didactical quality: Didactically prepared material
Didactical quality remarks: Takes up typical questions of researchers and answers them shortly, giving one case study as an example (Alzheimer patient who does not remember he agreed to a clinical study).
Overall estimation: worth considering
Estimation remarks: Short survey for researchers needing some introduction to "what research ethics is all about" (or at "least what human subjects research ethics is about"), but no valuable basis for a course