History of Research Ethics Flashcards
- Sedative in Europe
- Not USA FDA approved
- Caused severe deformities in the fetus
- 12,000 deformed babies
Thalidomide
Ethical principles for research involving human subjects
Declaration of Helsinki
Who lured 400 low-income African American males for a free medical examination who were not informed of their disease?
U.S Public Health Service
- 1st international document to advocate for content
- The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential.
Nuremberg Code
Three Principals of the Belmont Report
- Respect for person
- Beneficience
- Justice
It states that individuals should be treated as autonomous agents
Respect for person
has two rules:
a) do not harm
b) maximize possible benefits and minimize possible harms to human subjects
Benefiance
Presenting the wrong information
active deception (commission)
Removes essential information
Passive Deception (omission)
States that if your research is funded by public funds, it must benefit the public.
Justice
Promotes and protects the welfare of all animals
The Animal Act of 1998
Involves deviation from universally accepted conduct in research undertakings, resulting in scientific dishonesty
Falsification of Data
Involves altering a result of data for the intention to fit to what is expected
Fabrication of Data
Involves creating a result without really going through the research process
Faulty Data Gathering
Involves negligence not to include data because they do not conform to the well-established body of knowledge.
Non Publication of Data
