Issues in Medical Research Ethics, Volume 3

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Jürgen Boomgaarden, Pekka Louhiala, Urban Wiesing
Berghahn Books, 2003 - 136 pages

With the advances of medicine, questions of medical ethics have become more urgent and are now considered of great social and political significance. An innovatively designed, activity-based workbook, this text was prepared using papers and case studies collected from several countries in the European Union. It reflects the issues and concerns that confront clinical practitioners throughout Europe and elsewhere today and presents varying national responses in law and policy to these concerns, as identified by ethicists, lawyers, theologians and practitioners. The problems they examine include the relationship between medical research and medical practice, elementary regulations of medical research, the complexity of informed consent, and the role of the sponsor or scientific community.

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Contents

Introduction
1
The conceptual foundations of scientific research
9
Regulation of research
15
Consent inducement and conflict of interest
21
Human dignity in medical research
31
Research versus consent
41
Ethical issues surrounding the use of women
56
Clinical research in emergency settings
64
Commentary on the case
71
An open trial of drug X for Alzheimers disease
85
Bad sciencebad ethics?
95
Glossary
99
Appendices
108
3 World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki
123
List of participants
129
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About the author (2003)

Jürgen Boomgaardenreceived his Dr.Theol in 1997. His publications include a book on the theology and philosophy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He is Assistant Professor in medical ethics at University of Tübingen.Pekka Louhialais a pediatrician who also holds a degree in philosophy. He teaches medical ethics at the University of Helsinki and has published on various topics inpediatric epidemiology, medical ethics and philosophy of medicine.Urban Wiesingstudied medicine, philosophy, sociology and history of medicine. Since 1998 he has been Professor and Chair of Medical Ethics at the University of Tübingen. Pekka Louhiala is a pediatrician who also holds a degree in philosophy. He teaches medical ethics at the University of Helsinki and has published on various topics inpediatric epidemiology, medical ethics and philosophy of medicine. Urban Wiesing studied medicine, philosophy, sociology and history of medicine. Since 1998 he has been Professor and Chair of Medical Ethics at the University of Tübingen.

Bibliographic information

TitleIssues in Medical Research Ethics, Volume 3
Berghahn Series
Volume 3 of G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series
Issues in Medical Research Ethics
Volume 3 of Teaching Ethics: Material for Practitioner Education Series
Volume 3 of Teaching ethics
EditorsJürgen Boomgaarden, Pekka Louhiala, Urban Wiesing
Editionillustrated
PublisherBerghahn Books, 2003
ISBN1571816011, 9781571816016
Length136 pages
  
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