Bioetica alla sperimentazione. Fondamenti e linee-guida

Author(s): Mordacci, Roberto
Document type: Book
Year: 1997
Pages: 334
Source: Publishing house: Franco Angeli (Milan)
Language(s): Italian

Classification

National background: Italy
Category: EU Training Material for Research Ethics
Subject areas: Human experimentation
Content: Case studies; Ethical theories; Important codes
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, Ethics committees, research protocols
Audience: Laboratory workers; Members of ethics committees; physicians

Estimation

Didactical quality: Didactically prepared material
Didactical quality remarks: Appendix includes ethical guidelines like Helsinki Declaration.
Overall estimation: recommendable
Estimation remarks: Good overview of the ethics of human experimentation. Includes important codes and creates a good connection to various case studies. The 5th chapter especially deals with ethics committees and includes national aspects.