Ethics in mental health research : principles, guidance, and cases / James M. DuBois.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DuBois, James M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychiatry--Research--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Psychiatry.

Psychiatry--Research--Moral and ethical aspects--United States--Case studies.

Psychiatry--Research--Law and legislation--United States.

Ethics, Research.

Psychiatry--Research.

Psychiatry--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.

United States.

Mental Disorders.

Case Reports.

Research--legislation & jurisprudence.

Research Design.

Medical Subjects:

Ethics, Research.

United States.

Mental Disorders.

Case Reports.

Research--legislation & jurisprudence.

Research Design.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

x, 236 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Summary:

"This text offers a valuable and careful examination of many of the most critical ethical considerations in research involving people with mental illness. It is nicely organized and written in a clear, personable style. It will certainly be of interest to those who conduct biomedical and social scientific studies as well as those who review and oversee such work."

Contents:

Research ethics and regulatory compliance: competing or complementary approaches?

An ethical framework for research

Solving ethical problems: analyzing ethics cases and justifying decisions

Informed consent

Decision-making capacity and the involvement of surrogates

Thinking about harms and benefits

Justice in recruitment and research

Research questions and study design

Protecting privacy and confidentiality

Identifying and managing conflicts of interest.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0195179935

9780195179934

OCLC:

85862285