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• Title:Ethics in medical research : a handbook of good practice / Trevor Smith.
  
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• Author/Creator:Smith, Trevor, 1949-
  
• Published/Created:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
  

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  • Call Number: W50 .S6583 1999
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Human experimentation in medicine--Moral and ethical aspects.
  Medicine--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.
  
• Medical Subjects: Ethics, Medical.
  Human Experimentation.
  Research--organization & administration.
  
• Subject(s):Declaration of Helsinki.
  
• Description:xvii, 403 pages ; 22 cm
  
• Summary:"This is a comprehensive and practical guide to the ethical issues raised by different kinds of medical research, and is the first such book to be written with the needs of the researcher in mind. Clearly structured and written in a plain and accessible style, the book covers every significant ethical issue likely to be faced by researchers and research ethics committees. The author outlines and clarifies official guidelines, gives practical advice on how to adhere to these, and suggests procedures in areas where official recommendations are vague or absent." "This invaluable handbook will help researchers identify and address the ethical issues at an early stage in the design of their studies, to avoid unnecessary delay and to safeguard the wellbeing of patients and healthy volunteers. It will also be extremely useful to members of research ethics committees."--Jacket.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0521626196 (pbk.)
  9780521626194 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Ch. 1. Origin of the ethical review of medical research
  Ch. 2. Medical research ethics committees: protecting patients, researchers and institutions
  Ch. 3. Researchers and their facilities
  Ch. 4. Importance of informed consent
  Ch. 5. Evaluating risks and benefits
  Ch. 6. Acceptable research procedures
  Ch. 7. Confidentiality
  Ch. 8. Clinical trials
  Ch. 9. Research with health volunteers
  Ch. 10. Are placebos ethical?
  Ch. 11. Arrangements for compensation. Ch. 12. Research with children, seriously ill patients, persons with learning disability and other vulnerable groups
  Ch. 13. Research on surplus blood and other tissue
  Ch. 14. Questionnaire and interview studies
  Ch. 15. Epidemiological studies
  Ch. 16. Genetic research- special ethical considerations
  Ch. 17. Gene therapy
  Ch. 18. Research on fetuses
  Ch. 19. Animal to human transplantation
  Ch. 20. Post-approval monitoring of research by ethics committees.