TY - JOUR
T1 - Viewpoint
T2 - Developing a research ethics consultation service to foster responsive and responsible clinical research
AU - De Melo-Martín, Inmaculada
AU - Palmer, Larry I.
AU - Fins, Joseph J.
PY - 2007/9
Y1 - 2007/9
N2 - Although clinical ethics has become a central, and welcome, component of the health care landscape, research ethics consultation services are still uncommon. Indeed, the usual approach to ethical concerns in research with human subjects has been primarily a regulatory one. Nonetheless, ethical problems also arise in the context of research and thus collaborations between investigators and research ethicists are as essential as those between physicians and clinical ethicists. The authors argue that the use of research ethics consultation services can be of benefit to clinical scientists, bioethicists, research institutions, and research subjects. Such services can increase sensitivity among researchers to the ethical implications of their work, result in better institutional research policies, and facilitate the development of an organizational culture that is receptive to the identification and resolution of ethical conflicts. The authors conclude by describing the process of development and implementation of such a research ethics consultation service at Weill Medical College of Cornell University.
AB - Although clinical ethics has become a central, and welcome, component of the health care landscape, research ethics consultation services are still uncommon. Indeed, the usual approach to ethical concerns in research with human subjects has been primarily a regulatory one. Nonetheless, ethical problems also arise in the context of research and thus collaborations between investigators and research ethicists are as essential as those between physicians and clinical ethicists. The authors argue that the use of research ethics consultation services can be of benefit to clinical scientists, bioethicists, research institutions, and research subjects. Such services can increase sensitivity among researchers to the ethical implications of their work, result in better institutional research policies, and facilitate the development of an organizational culture that is receptive to the identification and resolution of ethical conflicts. The authors conclude by describing the process of development and implementation of such a research ethics consultation service at Weill Medical College of Cornell University.
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U2 - 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318132f0ee
DO - 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318132f0ee
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17726404
AN - SCOPUS:34548363859
VL - 82
SP - 900
EP - 904
JO - Academic Medicine
JF - Academic Medicine
SN - 1040-2446
IS - 9
ER -