Payments to healthy volunteers-ethical problems [editorial]

Ethical issues in research with healthy volunteers: risk-benefit assessment.

Most ethical commentary on clinical research concerns studies involving patient-subjects. Several reasons may account for the relative neglect of ethical appraisal of research with healthy volunteers. Clinical research is often understood ethically within the context of, or in contrast to, the physician-patient relationship characteristic of medical care. In addition, research involving healthy...

Editorial: Statements, declarations and the problems of ethical expertise

Ethical issues for hospice volunteers.

Health care professionals usually receive professional education in ethics, but the half million hospice volunteers in the United States may receive only brief training that is limited to confidentiality and the volunteer role. The purpose of this study was to explore ethical issues hospice volunteers confront in their work. Interviews with 39 hospice volunteers were conducted, audio recorded, ...

Spinopelvic Parameters among Healthy Volunteers in Iran

Background: Recently, in approach to spinal pathologies, the whole spine should be considered as a biomechanicalunit. Studies have shown the great importance of sagittal and coronal balance and the relationship between the variousparts of spine together and pelvis. Former studies have shown a close relationship between spinopelvic parametersand sagittal balance. A complete und...

Ethical issues in recruitment of "healthy volunteers": study of a clinical research organisation in Hyderabad.

This paper raises some of the ethical issues involved in the recruitment of healthy volunteers (HVs) by clinical research organizations (CROs) for bioavailability and bioequivalent (BA/BE) studies. It also explores the underlying reasons for the participation of the HVs and their interaction with the CROs. The findings are based on the data collected from 50 HVs participating in a BA/BE study c...