Ethical misconduct is not a new issue in the history of science and literature. However, ethical misconducts in science have grown considerably in the modern era which is due to emphasis on the scientific proliferation in research institutes and gauging scientists according to their publications. In the current case series, several misconducts occurring over the previous years in Mashhad Univer...

The Committee for Research and Ethical Issues of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP®) is concerned with the ethical aspects of studies producing experimental pain and any suffering it may cause in animals. Such studies are essential if new and clinically relevant knowledge about the mechanisms of pain is to be acquired. Investigations in conscious animals intended to stim...

The era of medical paternalism is past and the public must be involved in the moral debate over ethical issues in medicine. Thomas, Chairman of the British Medical Association's Central Ethical Committee, agrees with these points made by Ian Kennedy in the 1980 Reith Lectures on medical ethics, but rejects the latter's emphasis on consumerism and stricter regulation of physicians. It is the p...

Live surgical broadcasts (LSBs) are becoming increasingly popular in urological conferences. These activities can provide excellent training opportunities, as they allow the audience to view an operation conducted by world-renowned surgeons, and have the ability to interact with them in real time. However, several ethical considerations have been raised with this practice, which the participati...

The leading ethical problem in medical practice for the coming decade is likely to be how to select patients for priority. Criteria for such decision-making in the case of cancer patients are discussed. Clinicians, ethicists and others need to agree guidelines on giving priority to one patient over another when resources are limited, and such criteria need to be approved by society at large. Th...

We thank all the Médecins Sans Frontières coordination and field teams involved for their help, particularly Fazil Tefera and Sandrina Simons. We acknowledge the invaluable assistance of many Angolan translators, and thank local authorities for their support and hospitality. Contributors: See bmj.com Funding: The study was financed entirely by Médecins Sans Frontières. Competing interests: None...

Out of 52 original articles or case reports published in Archives of Plastic Surgery from January to September 2017, 5 articles lacked the description of informed consent, in which identifiable photos were present. Also, 3 articles lacked the description of ethical treatment of experimental animals. However, the editorial office had already received the informed consent when all submitted manus...

In countries having traditional medicine (TM), one of the main challenges for any researcher is research methodology. Current methodologies are different with what was in past. The main purpose of this article is to present the steps (herbs, claims and methodology) of research in TM fields. 1. Assessment of herbs History, method of study, quality assessment, efficacy, safety, toxicity and the...

In this issue of International Journal for Quality in Health Care, a prospective, observational study has been published that confirms frequent error in drug administration, a now well-recognized risk to patient safety [1–3]. As a peer-reviewer, I suggested rejection of this manuscript for publication on ethical grounds as it raises a series of ethical concerns including (i) lack of oversight b...

The paper provides description of the system of ethical review for biomedical research in Belarus, with special emphasis on its historical background, legal and regulatory framework, structure and functioning. It concludes that the situation with research ethics in Belarus corresponds to the tendency of bureaucratic approach to establishment of systems of ethical review for biomedical research,...