After considering factors that can influence the persistence of clinical equipoise, we argue that decisions about what investigations to undertake must be responsive to the relative social value of continuing to reduce uncertainty around one intervention, and stakeholders must consider whether scarce time,...
Ethics of the Electrified Mind: Defining Issues and Perspectives on the Principled Use of Brain Stimulation in Medical Research and Clinical Care In many countries around the world, we find important evidence about violation of ethics in medical research. In the United States, the history of unethi...
These moves have provided models for ethical implementation and brought attention to the controversies around the protection of participants in clinical trials and observational studies. Recently, as research funding from Chinese governmental sources has increased, so also has the requirement for ethical ...
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Focusing on the example of medical research databases we highlight here ethical issues around de-identified data sharing which motivate the need for review where oversight by ethics committees is weak. Though some argue for ethics committee reform to overcome these weaknesses, it is unclear whether ...
These leading to a question that still remains around the ethics of publishing academic work across the different journal business models in terms of (a) editorial decision-making and (b) the dissemination of research that has not been appropriately peer-reviewed for quality and rigor. This paper...
accessible widely around the world." Nothing stopping Pfizer from using ResearchKit, too Of course, ResearchKit is open-source, so pharmaceutical companies might actually prefer to get in on the action directly. So far, there doesn't appear to be anything stopping Merck orPfizer from building an...
BMC Medical Ethics explores all aspects of medical ethics, from basic research through to clinical and international policy. This includes topics such as ...
ethical issues have emerged around who determines and how one measures the quality of life. In their essays, medical students are asked to address the following scenario: Suppose that a neonate with trisomy 21 is found also to have a medical condition that is easily repaired surgically, but let...
Partnerships: Making a difference within JHU, in Baltimore, and around the world [https://bioethics.jhu.edu/research-and-outreach/partnerships/]. Accessed 27 Mar 2023. University of Toronto MHSc in Bioethics, International Stream, Grant No. 5R25TW001606–11 [https://reporter.nih.gov/project-de...