Open AccessHow ethical is your clinical trial?
Author(s) -
Miller L.,
Folayan M.,
Allman D.,
Nkala B.,
Kasirye L. M.,
Mingote L. R.,
Calazans G.,
Mburu R.,
Ntombela F.,
Ditmore M.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1742-1241
pISSN - 1368-5031
DOI - 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2010.02421.x
Subject(s) - medicine , clinical trial , psychological intervention , research ethics , informed consent , institutional review board , clinical research , health care , pandemic , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , family medicine , public relations , alternative medicine , nursing , covid-19 , psychiatry , pathology , economic growth , disease , political science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics
Is Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval and a rigorous informed consent process enough? It is our view that this is no longer the case. Conventional research ethics emphasise the importance of weighing the risks and benefits for prospective participants as one of the key determinants of deeming a clinical trial ethical. We support the notion that ethical obligations of research should include considerations not only at the individual level, but also at the community level ( 1 , 2 ).