Textbook of research ethics. Theory and practice

Author(s): Loue, Sana
Document type: Book
Year: 2000
Pages: 276
Source: Publishing house: Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers
Language(s): English

Classification

National background: United States
Category: Non-EU Training Material for Research Ethics
Subject areas: Human experimentation
Focus: Main focus; Indicate area of research dealt with: biomedical research involving human subjects
Content: Case studies; Cultural specifics; Ethical theories; Important codes; Legal background; Normative reflections
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
Audience: Laboratory workers; Members of ethics committees; Scientists; Students of natural sciences
Classification remarks: A detailed textbook that covers historical aspects of human experimentation, different approaches to ethical analysis, ethical issues before, during and after a study as well as legal issues. Appendix 1 deals with research design, appendix 2 deals with basic legal concepts (US prespective only).

Estimation

Theoretical quality remarks: Covers in detail the main problems and concepts of research ethics.
Didactical quality: Didactically prepared material
Didactical quality remarks: The didacticall presentation of the material could be better.
Overall estimation: recommendable