BMC Medical Ethics - Latest articlesThe latest articles from BMC Medical Ethics (ISSN 1472-6939) published by BioMed CentralHow do we know that research ethics committees are really working The neglected role of outcomes assessment in research ethics review- March 28, 2008 Background: Countries are increasingly devoting significant resources to creating or strengthening research ethics committees, but there has been insufficient attention to assessing whether these committees are actually improving the protection of human research participants.DiscussionResearch ethics committees face numerous obstacles to achieving their goal of improving research participant protection. These include the inherently amorphous nature of ethics review, the tendency of regulatory...http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6939/9/6 The principle of respect for autonomy Concordant with the experience of oncology physicians and molecular biologists in their daily work- March 26, 2008 Background: This article presents results from a qualitative empirical investigation of how Danish oncology physicians and Danish molecular biologists experience the principle of respect for autonomy in their daily work. Methods: This study is based on 12 semi-structured interviews with three groups of respondents: a group of oncology physicians working in a clinic at a public hospital and two groups of molecular biologists conducting basic research, one group employed at a public university...http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6939/9/5 |