Biomedical Research Ethics: Updating International Guidelines — A Consultation

2002 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 945-946
Author(s):  
Paul J Williams
Keyword(s):  
Research Ethics ◽  
Biomedical Research ◽  
International Guidelines

Research Ethics Committees’ Oversight of Biomedical Research in South Africa: A Thematic Analysis of Ethical Issues Raised During Ethics Review of Non-Expedited Protocols

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blessing Silaigwana ◽  
Douglas Wassenaar
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Research Ethics ◽  
South African ◽  
Biomedical Research ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ethics Committees ◽  
Financial Contracts ◽  
Scientific Validity ◽  
Participant Selection ◽  
Education And Awareness

In South Africa, biomedical research cannot commence until it has been reviewed and approved by a local research ethics committee (REC). There remains a dearth of empirical data on the nature and frequency of ethical issues raised by such committees. This study sought to identify ethical concerns typically raised by two South African RECs. Meeting minutes for 180 protocols reviewed between 2009 and 2014 were coded and analyzed using a preexisting framework. Results showed that the most frequent queries involved informed consent, respect for participants, and scientific validity. Interestingly, administrative issues (non-ethical) such as missing researchers’ CVs and financial contracts emerged more frequently than ethical questions such as favorable risk/benefit ratio and fair participant selection. Although not generalizable to all RECs, our data provide insights into two South African RECs’ review concerns. More education and awareness of the actual ethical issues typically raised by such committees might help improve review outcomes and relationships between researchers and RECs.

15. Research ethics, interpreters and biomedical research

2009 ◽  
pp. 235-250
Author(s):  
Patricia Kaufert ◽  
Joseph M. Kaufert ◽  
Lisa LaBine
Keyword(s):  
Research Ethics ◽  
Biomedical Research

Educating about biomedical research ethics

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 541-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bratislav Stankovic ◽  
Mirjana Stankovic
Keyword(s):  
Research Ethics ◽  
Biomedical Research

A Personal View of Biomedical Research Integrity in the 90s

Physiology ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 238-239
Author(s):  
Paul J. Friedman
Keyword(s):  
Research Ethics ◽  
Biomedical Research ◽  
Research Integrity ◽  
Personal View ◽  
Quality Of Research

The integrity of scientists is being aggressively questioned. Incidents of misconduct have been so sensationalized that many scientific leaders have responded with equally unrealistic denial. This is a plea to regard the issue with perspective but to take positive steps to improve both awareness and quality of research ethics.

TRENDS: Toward a Separate Ethics of Political Field Experiments

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 527-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Whitfield
Keyword(s):  
Research Ethics ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Biomedical Research ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Political Research ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Principles Of Justice ◽  
State Of Research ◽  
Political Norms

In this article, I develop a critical view of the development and state of research ethics in political science. The central problem is that political scientists have inappropriately followed the lead of clinical biomedical research ethics in thinking about their own designs. Specifically I argue that the focus on institutional and group decision-making contexts distinctive to political research presents normative problems not well-addressed by clinical biomedical approaches. First, I make the case that research ethics as it has been conceived won’t capture all that might be wrong in political research designs because some of the potential harms/wrongs will be to political norms and institutions and thus will violate political (although not individual ethical) rights/values/and so on. Second, I rebut the challenge that principles of justice and equipoise standard to biomedical research ethics might be suitable for political research. And third, I argue that political theorists and philosophers must involve themselves in empirical political science research ethics if we are to effectively communicate the stakes of these research designs to practitioners, consumers, funders, and editors who remain steeped in the norms of biomedical research ethics.

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