Jul 19, 2022 in Research We almost started our in-person events this week, we almost gathered in the same room and almost celebrated with morning coffee and croissants but alas…Covid had other plans and we had to re-schedule our first in person event since the … Continue reading
May 30, 2019 in Henrietta Lacks, History of research ethics, informed consent, Research, Research ethics, respect for autonomy In my last blog I wrote about the events reported during the Nuremberg Trial of doctors and others who undertook unethical and harmful research before and during World War II and the subsequent Nuremberg Code. It became clear during the … Continue reading
May 17, 2019 in Ethics, History of research ethics, informed consent, Nuremberg Code, Research, Research ethics There are few events that have impacted more on the history of research ethics than the publication of the Nuremberg Code in 1947. In this Blog I will set the context to the publication of the Code and will consider … Continue reading
Apr 26, 2019 in Ethics, History of research ethics, informed consent, Recruitment and retention, Research, Research ethics, Research ethics committee, Tuskegee Syphilis Study There are several events in the history of research ethics that have had an impact on how we think about the ethical conduct of research in the 21st century. Amongst these will be the Nuremberg Trials and subsequent Nuremberg Code … Continue reading
Tagged freely given informed consent, research ethics, research ethics committee, Tuskegee | Apr 20, 2019 in Alder Hey Organs Scandal, Declaration of Helsinki, Ethics, Henrietta Lacks, Henry Beecher, History of research ethics, Maurice Pappworth, Milgram Experiment, Nuremberg Code, Research, Research ethics, Research ethics committee, Tuskegee Syphilis Study In order to maintain acceptable standards of ethical practice, all professional disciplines have developed and published guidelines or codes for their practitioners. For example, nurses are guided by the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s ‘The Code’ and doctors are guided by … Continue reading
Tagged codes of practice, Declaration of Helsinki, Henrietta Lacks, Henry Beecher, history, Maurice Pappworth, Milgram, Nuremberg Code, research ethics, Tuskegee |