Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects

International ethical guidelines for biomedical research involving human subjects.

The CIOMS guidelines have been developed and revised with the problems of conducting medical research in less developed countries particularly in mind. The proposed guidelines were first published in 1982, revised in 1993, and have now been published in a third version after a revision process lasting three years. Last month the Bulletin published just one guideline and accompanying commentary....

Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act.

Environmental Health Research Involving Human Subjects: Ethical Issues

This article reviews some of the ethical issues that arise in environmental health research with human subjects, such as minimizing risks to subjects, balancing benefits and risks in research, intentional exposure studies with human subjects, protecting third parties in research, informing subjects about environmental hazards, communicating health information to subjects, and protecting privacy...

Protection of human subjects of biomedical and behavioral research.

pleased to transmit our report and recommendations concerning the use of psychosurgery. This is one of several areas which Public Law 93-348 directs the Commission to study; we are further directed to make recommendations for appropriate action to the Congress and the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and to issue reports periodically to the President, the Congress ...

MIS Research Involving Human Subjects: Processes and IRB Requirements

This paper discusses major issues and institutional requirements for human subjects’ research. In particular, it considers the responsibilities of principal investigators or individual researchers conducting human subjects research in management information systems. The paper introduces the issues related to human subjects’ research and presents the background and responsibilities of institutio...