Ethics and Governance of Biomedical Research

Editors: Strech, Daniel, Mertz, Marcel (Eds.)
Discusses concrete, empirically salient, and timely ethical issues in research governance
Provides case studies that vividly demonstrate the wide dimensions of preclinical, clinical and public health research ethics
Contains contributions by authors from different nations guaranteeing international perspectives

In this book, scholars with different disciplinary and national backgrounds argue for possible answers and analyse case studies on current issues of governance in biomedical research. These issues comprise among others the research-care distinction, risk evaluation in early human trials, handling of incidental findings, nocebo effects, cluster randomized trials, publication bias, or consent in biobank research. This book demonstrates how new technologies and research possibilities multiply or intensify already known governance challenges, leaving room for ethical analysis and complex moral choices. Clinical researchers, research ethics committee members and research ethicists have all to deal with such challenges on a daily basis. While general reflection on core concepts of research ethics is seldom pointless, those confronted with hard moral choices do need more practical and contextualized reflection on the said issues. This book particularly provides such contextualized reflections and aims to inform all those who study, conduct, regulate, fund, or participate in biomedical research

Number of Illustrations and Tables
1 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics
Ethics
Theory of Medicine / Bioethics
Medical Law

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