Ethics Flashcards
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Research Ethics
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A system of moral principles, rules and standards of conduct guiding researchers behaivor and decision making.
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The Nuremberg Code
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- Get informed consent
- Base human research onn prior animal work
- risks should be justified by anticipated benefits
- only qualified scientists must conduct research
- physical and mental sufferings must be avoided
- research in which deathof disabling injuries is expected should not be conducted
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What are the Belmont Principles?
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Standards for research that demand:
- Respect for persons
- Beneficience
- Justice
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respect for persons
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Treat individuals as autonomous human beings
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Beneficience
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Minimize harms and maximize benefits
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Justice
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Treat people fairly and design research so that burdens and benefits are shared equitably
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How is respect for persons upheld?
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- informed consent
- respect privacy
- mental capacity to make informed decisions
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How is beneficience upheld?
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- Use best possible research design
- researchers must be qualified to perform procedures and handle the risks
- prohibitions of research with unfavorable risk- benefit ratio
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How is justice upheld?
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- requirement to select subjects equitably
- avoid exploitation of vulnerable populations
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Who enforces the Belmont Principles?
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HSIRBs (Human Subjects Institutional Review Boards)
