Week 12 Flashcards
Confidentiality
gives participants the right to choose and control what happens to personal information
Autonomy
free to determine own actions
Non-maleficence
avoid/minimise harm: physical, psychological, social, economic, legal
Beneficence
acting to benefit human kind
Which two principles can clash?
beneficence and autonomy
Justice
- obligation to treat fairly
- no unfair exploitation
- participants not fully burdened
Human dignity
uphold respect: intensive care, heavily sedated, unconscious, mentally ill
What is the Nuremberg code of ethics?
1947, in response to Nazi war crimes
What is the Declaration of Helsinki?
1964, built of pricniples of Nuremberg code by more specific
What are human research ethics committees?
-responsible for upholding principles of ethical research conduct
What aspects must be present in order to make clinical research ethical?
value, scientific validity, fair subject selection, favourable risk-benefit ratio, independent review, informed consent, respect for subjects