Casebook on ethical issues in international health research
By: editors Richard Cash ... [et al.] ; associate editor Reva Gutnick ; editorial guidance provided by Astrid Stuckelberger and Phippe Chastonay
Contributors: World Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organization; Brand: World Health Organization
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Geneva, Switzerland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9789241547727
Subjects: Research Design; Moral and ethical aspects; Public health; Research; Organizational Case Studies; Case studies; Health Services Research; Medical ethics; Ethics; Standards; Research Ethics
Description: This casebook collects 64 case studies, each of which raises an important and difficult ethical issue connected with planning, reviewing, or conducting health-related research. The book's purpose is to contribute to thoughtful analysis of these issues by researchers and members of research ethics committees (RECs, known in some places as ethical review committees or institutional review boards), particularly those involved with studies that are conducted or sponsored internationally. This collection is envisioned principally as a tool to aid educational programs, from short workshops on research ethics to in-service learning for scientists and REC members, to formal degree or certificate courses. In such settings, instructors will typically select a number of case studies that will be distributed to the participants to provoke and focus discussion. To assist those using these case studies in their classrooms and workshops, a teaching guide has been included.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: I. Defining "research"; title: II. Issues in study design .; title: III. Harm and benefit; title: IV. Voluntary informed consent; title: V. Standard of care; title: VI. Obligations to participants and communities; title: VII. Privacy and confidentiality; title: VIII. Professional ethics