Ethics in Health Research

Ethics in occupational health research.

Ethical aspects of medical research have had a high public profile in the UK lately. There has been concern, for example, about the level of information provided to participants when consenting to clinical trials; regarding the retention of organs removed at necropsy without the knowledge or permission of next of kin; and about the rights and wrongs of cloning human tissues. In general, occupat...

Ethics in Clinical Research

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Understanding Health Research Ethics in Nepal

Unlike other countries in South Asia, in Nepal research in the health sector has a relatively recent history. Most health research activities in the country are sponsored by international collaborative assemblages of aid agencies and universities. Data from Nepal Health Research Council shows that, officially, 1,212 health research activities have been carried out between 1991 and 2014. These r...

Imperialism, research ethics and global health.

The new ethics of Aboriginal health research.

316 CMAJ, March 17, 2015, 187(5) ©2015 8872147 Canada Inc. or its licensors Research can be a four-letter word in Aboriginal communities. For centuries, scientists of all stripes have dropped in, taken notes and taken off — sometimes forcibly taking their “subjects” with them. But as indigenous people demand a greater say in the priorities, methods and interpretation of research conducted in th...