Given the focus on health systems in the post-millennium development goal era and moving towards the sustainable development goals, there is a compelling need for a common framework for health policy and systems research ethics to guide researchers and facilitate review by research ethics committees. A consultation of global health policy and systems research and ethics experts was convened to ...

istorically, the Christian tradition has heavily relied on Aristotle’s ethical philosophy to provide a conceptual basis for the articulation of its own ethical doctrines, but Aristotle’s concepts are coming up less and less frequently in contemporary ethical debates. The Roman Catholic Church, however, continues to be characterized by their reliance on Aristotelian formulations of theological d...

First Do No Harm' is a series of 12 brief monthly articles with internet footnotes about harming and healing in general practice. Each instalment is based on one of the 12 RCGP competency domains, this month's being: 11. Maintaining an ethical approach to practice: practising ethically with integrity and a respect for diversity. 1 'The true aim of medicine is not to make men virtuous; it is to ...

Videotape has become one of the CHI community's most useful technologies: it allows us to analyze users' interactions with computers, prototype new interfaces, and present the results of our research and technical innovations to others. But video is a double-edged sword. It is often misused, however unintentionally. How can we use it well, without compromising our integrity? This paper presents...

Research using human embryonic stem cells raises an array of complex ethical issues, including, but by no means limited to, the moral status of developing human life. Unfortunately much of the public discussion fails to take into account this complexity. Advocacy for liberal and conservative positions on human embryonic stem cell research can be simplistic and misleading. Ethical concepts such ...

Research has focused on academic integrity in terms of students' conduct in relation to university rules and procedures, whereas fewer studies examine student integrity more broadly. Of particular interest is whether students in higher education today conceptualize integrity as comprising such broader attributes as personal and social responsibility. We collected and analyzed qualitative respon...

CONTEXT For medical education researchers, a key concern may be the practicalities of gaining ethical approval where this is a national or local requirement. However, in qualitative studies, where the dynamics of human interaction pervade, ethical considerations are an ongoing process which continues long after approval has been granted. Responding to ethical dilemmas arising 'in the moment' re...

Clinical research with human subjects is an ethically challenging task requiring ultimate trust on the part of patients and ultimate respect for persons on the part of clinical researchers. The author provides a simple framework to help researchers ensure the ethical integrity of a clinical trial in oncology.

Healthcare workers infected with blood-borne illnesses present profound ethical and legal problems. While we seek to protect patients from threat and respect their right to bodily integrity and informed consent, we also recognize the right to privacy and the human rights interests of the infected worker to be free from discrimination.