A charter for biomedical research ethics in a progressive, caring society

Background: Given that advances in research continuously raise new ethical issues, a multidisciplinary workinggroup of investigators involved in biomedical research has gathered to discuss and compare ethical viewpoints intheir daily practice.Methods: The working group has drafted a Charter for Ethi...

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Published in:Philosophy, ethics, and humanities in medicine : PEHM ethics, and humanities in medicine : PEHM, 2015
Main Authors: Vandoolaeghe, Sylvie, Blaizot, Alessandra, Boudiguet, Danie, Bougault, Valérie, Dei Cas, Eduardo, Foligne, Benoît, Goffard, Anne, Lefranc, Hélène, Oxombre, Bénédicte, Trentesaux, Thomas, Vandenbunder, Bernard, Wolowczuk, Isabelle, Delhaes, Laurence
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Language:English
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Ethics
Life Sciences
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Summary:Background: Given that advances in research continuously raise new ethical issues, a multidisciplinary workinggroup of investigators involved in biomedical research has gathered to discuss and compare ethical viewpoints intheir daily practice.Methods: The working group has drafted a Charter for Ethics in Biomedical Research that encompasses all thesteps in the research process, i.e. from the initial idea to analysis and publication of the results.Results: Based on key principles for ethically responsible research, the Charter may serve as a tool for performingresearch, discussing research issues and training researchers.Conclusions: The Charter should stimulate researchers to think about their responsibility for research in a progressive,caring society.
ISSN:1747-5341
1747-5341
DOI:10.1186/s13010-015-0032-y