Protecting the vulnerable: testing times for clinical research ethics

This paper describes a number of historical breaches of research ethics. Typically the victims of such breaches belong to vulnerable populations, such as prisoners, mentally disabled people, women and people in developing countries. This article provides a brief introduction to the main ethical appr...

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Published in:Social science & medicine (1982) 2000-09, Vol.51 (6), p.969-977
Main Author: Schuklenk, Udo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bioethics
Biological and medical sciences
Clinical research
Clinical trial standards
Clinical trials
Clinical Trials as Topic - legislation & jurisprudence
Developing Countries
Ethical aspects
Ethics
Ethics, Medical
Ethics, Research
Experiments
Female
Guidelines as Topic
Human Experimentation - legislation & jurisprudence
Humans
LDCs
Legal protection
Male
Medical ethics
Medical Research
Medical sciences
Mental Patients
Prisoners
Research Ethics
Research ethics Clinical trial standards Developing countries Bioethics
Research Subjects
Scientific research
Vulnerable Populations
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Summary:This paper describes a number of historical breaches of research ethics. Typically the victims of such breaches belong to vulnerable populations, such as prisoners, mentally disabled people, women and people in developing countries. This article provides a brief introduction to the main ethical approaches in bioethics. Subsequently it looks at a number of currently discussed ethical issues in clinical research ethics, notably the ethics standards of clinical trials in developing countries, the use of prisoners and incompetent people in clinical research, and the modus operandi of research ethics committees.
ISSN:0277-9536
1873-5347
DOI:10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00075-7