How to ensure your research follows ethical principles

Christopher Barton, Sally Hall, Penelope Abbott, Chun Wah Michael Tam, Amanda Lyons, Siaw-Teng Liaw

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Abstract

![CDATA[Contemporary human research ethics is based upon three critical documents: (1) The Nuremberg Code, (2) the Declaration of Helsinki and (3) the Belmont Report. The Nuremberg Code was published in response to the acts of barbarism perpetrated on prisoners in Nazi concentration camps. It emphasises the need for research participants to have the ability to provide voluntary consent and to exercise free power of choice. Despite its historical importance, in the years that followed its release, it was largely ignored. The World Medical Association adopted the Declaration of Helsinki in 1964 to build upon the Nuremberg Code. The Declaration of Helsinki is an influential code of ethics to guide research involving human participants. Importantly, it is a living document, which is continuously updated to take into consideration changing societal expectations and technological advances affecting the conduct of research with humans. The Declaration of Helsinki is primarily directed toward physicians and has as its starting point the Declaration of Geneva: ‘the health of my patient will be my first consideration’ and that ‘a physician shall act in the patient’s best interest when providing medical care’.]]
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHow to do Primary Care Research
EditorsFelicity Goodyear-Smith, Bob Mash
Place of PublicationU.S.
PublisherCRC Press
Pages125-133
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9781138499591
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Keywords

  • ethics
  • moral and ethical aspects
  • research

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