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| Summary |
British Medical Association highly commends this book in the 2010 Medical Book Competition
This casebook collects 64 case studies, each of which raises an
important and difficult ethical issue connected with planning,
reviewing, or conducting health-related research. The book's
purpose is to contribute to thoughtful analysis of these issues
by researchers and members of research ethics committees
(RECs, known in some places as ethical review committees or
institutional review boards), particularly those involved with
studies that are conducted or sponsored internationally.
This collection is envisioned principally as a tool to aid
educational programmes, from short workshops on research
ethics to in-service learning for scientists and REC members,
to formal degree or certificate courses. In such settings,
instructors will typically select a number of case studies
that will be distributed to the participants to provoke and
focus discussion. (To assist those using these case studies
in their classrooms and workshops, a teaching guide has
been included.) Individuals who want to stimulate their own
thinking about research ethics or to become more familiar
with a range of real-world dilemmas in international health
research, especially in developing countries, may also benefit
from perusing this book, either on topics of special interest
to them or as a whole.
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