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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813992703321

Titolo

Casebook on ethical issues in international health research / / editors, Richard Cash ... [et al.] ; associate editor, Reva Gutnick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, Switzerland, : World Health Organization, c2009

ISBN

1-282-45616-4

9786612456169

92-4-068416-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CashRichard A

GutnickReva

Disciplina

174.28

Soggetti

Research - Moral and ethical aspects

Ethics - Research

Public health - Research

Medical ethics

Ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Suggested readings and resources: p. 193-207.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; The editors; Introduction; Teaching Guide; The Case Studies; Chapter I; Chapter II; Chapter III; Chapter IV; Chapter V; Chapter VI; Chapter VII; Chapter VIII; Glossary; Suggested readings and resources; Appendix

Sommario/riassunto

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 thoseinvolved with studies that are conducted or sponsored internationally. This collection is envisioned principally as a tool to aid educational programs, from short workshops on researc