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Ethics

This document discusses ethics in research, highlighting historical issues like the Tuskegee Syphilis study and the development of ethical systems to protect participants. It outlines key ethical issues in research including voluntary participation, informed consent, risk of harm, anonymity, confidentiality, and the right to services. The document also introduces Institutional Review Boards as a mechanism for reviewing proposed research to protect institutions and researchers.

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Ethics

This document discusses ethics in research, highlighting historical issues like the Tuskegee Syphilis study and the development of ethical systems to protect participants. It outlines key ethical issues in research including voluntary participation, informed consent, risk of harm, anonymity, confidentiality, and the right to services. The document also introduces Institutional Review Boards as a mechanism for reviewing proposed research to protect institutions and researchers.

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Ethics in Research

Historical Context

● Past
– German experimentation
– Tuskegee Syphilis study
● Present
– Cancer research
– AIDS (AZT) research
Historical Context

● Ethical system designed to prevent


people from being used as scientific
guinea pigs
● Contemporary emphasis on the ‘rights’
of people to take risks to save
themselves
Ethical Issues

● Voluntary participation
Ethical Issues

● Voluntary participation
● Informed consent
Ethical Issues

● Voluntary participation
● Informed consent
● Risk of harm
Ethical Issues

● Voluntary participation
● Informed consent
● Risk of harm
● Anonymity
Ethical Issues

● Voluntary participation
● Informed consent
● Risk of harm
● Anonymity
● Confidentiality
Ethical Issues

● Voluntary participation
● Informed consent
● Risk of harm
● Anonymity
● Confidentiality
● Right to services
Institutional Review Boards

● Mechanism for reviewing


proposed research
● Mechanism for protecting the
institution and researcher
● Submitting an IRB proposal

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