Manual for Research Ethics Committees
Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, King's College London
6th Edition
Edited by Sue Eckstein
February 2003 | Hardback | 578 pages 3 half-tones 16 tables 17 figures | ISBN: 0521810043
The sixth edition of the Manual for Research Ethics Committees is a unique compilation of legal and ethical guidance which will prove invaluable for members of research ethics committees, researchers involved in research with humans, members of the pharmaceutical industry and students of law, medicine, ethics and philosophy. Presented in a clear and authoritative form, it incorporates the key legal and ethical guidelines and specially written chapters on major topics in bioethics by leading academic authors and practitioners, pharmaceutical industry associations and professional bodies. In the sixth edition there are fifteen new chapters covering key issues from participation in clinical trials to cloning, and for the first time the manual has been produced in one easy-to-search hardback volume.
Contributors
Richard Ashcroft, Alzheimer's Society, Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, Phil Bates, Jennifer Blunt, BMJ Publishing Group, The British Psychological Society, British Sociological Association, Keith Britton, Kenneth Calman, Central Office for Research Ethics Committees, Ruth Chadwick, Pamela Charnley Nickols, The Council of Europe, The Council for International Organisations of Medical Sciences, Alan Cribb, The Department of Health, Nick Dunn, Philippa Easterbrook, European Forum for Good Clinical Practice, Office for the Official Publications of The European Communities, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, Calliope (Bobbie) Farsides, Tom Farsides, Sev Fluss, Rosemary Foley, Gene Therapy Advisory Committee, General Medical Council, Andrew Grubb, Her Majesty? Stationery Office, Joan Houghton, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, The Information Commissioner, Hazel Inskip, International Conference on Harmonisation, Janet Jeffs, Crispin Jenkinson, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Ian Kennedy, Penney Lewis, Anthony Madden, Richard Mayon-White, The Medical Devices Agency, Medical Research Council, Elizabeth Mellor, Sabine Michalowski, Niall Moore, Richard Morris, National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, National Council for Hospice and Specialist Palliative Care Services, National Union of Students, Richard Nicholson, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, Office for Human Research Protections, Michael Parker, Royal College of Nursing, The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health: Ethics Advisory Committee, The Royal College of Pathologists, The Royal College of Psychiatrists, David K. Raynor, Elizabeth Ryan, Rosamund Scott, Jonathan Silcock, The Stationery Office, Julie Stone, United Nations Development Programme, Frank Wells, WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Bank, World Medical Association.
Contents
Part I. Section I. Fundamental Ethical and Legal Considerations; Part II. Section I. Fundamental Legal and Ethical Considerations.
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