Clinical Research Authorships: Ethics and Problem-Solving

Ethics in Clinical Research

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Clinical problem-solving.

Virtue ethics of clinical research

A widely accepted idea of clinical science is that it seeks the truth and that the knowledge acquired should be of benefit to patients. Therefore, as clinical researchers, we give response to two concerns deeply rooted in the human nature: The desire to know and the need to help someone suffering. However, the ideas and values that sustain clinical research, and take it to its most genuine obje...

Evolution of Ethics in Clinical Research and Ethics Committee

Ethics are the moral values of human behavior and the principles which govern these values. The situation becomes challenging for a doctor when he assumes the role of researcher. The doctor-researcher has to serve both the roles and at times the zeal of an investigator has the potential to cloud the morality of the physician inside. It is very important to realize that exploiting the faith of p...

Equipoise and the ethics of clinical research.

The ethics of clinical research requires equipoise--a state of genuine uncertainty on the part of the clinical investigator regarding the comparative therapeutic merits of each arm in a trial. Should the investigator discover that one treatment is of superior therapeutic merit, he or she is ethically obliged to offer that treatment. The current understanding of this requirement, which entails t...