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

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Cash, Richard A.

Gutnick, Reva.

World Health Organization.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Research--Moral and ethical aspects.

Research.

Ethics--Research.

Ethics.

Public health--Research.

Public health.

Medical ethics--Case studies.

Medical ethics.

Ethics--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Available from some providers with title: Case book on ethical issues in international health research

Place of Publication:

Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Suggested readings and resources: p. 193-207.

ISBN:

1-282-45616-4

9786612456169

92-4-068416-6

OCLC:

609852933