Biomedical Research - Ethics
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Science, technology, and innovation: nursing responsibilities in clinical research.

29 Nov 2009 Clinical research is a systematic investigation of human biology, health, or illness involving human beings. It builds on laboratory and animal studies and often involves clinical trials, which are specifically designed to test the safety and ... Read more...

Institutions' expectations for researchers' self-funding, federal grant holding, and private industry involvement: manifold drivers of self-interest and researcher behavior.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Private industry involvement is viewed as tainting research with self-interest, whereas public funding is generally well regarded. Yet, dependence on "soft money" also triggers researcher and university self-interest. No empirical ... Read more...

Accuracy of conflict-of-interest disclosures reported by physicians.

6 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: The recent public reporting of payments made to physicians by manufacturers of orthopedic devices provides an opportunity to assess the accuracy of physicians' conflict-of-interest disclosures. METHODS: We analyzed the reports of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Biomedical Research - Ethics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Science, technology, and innovation: nursing responsibilities in clinical research. 29 Nov 2009
• Institutions' expectations for researchers' self-funding, federal grant holding, and private industry involvement: manifold drivers of self-interest and researcher behavior. 30 Oct 2009
• Male circumcision for prevention of HIV transmission. 29 Oct 2009
• Applying for ethical approval for research in the United Kingdom. 14 Oct 2009
• Accuracy of conflict-of-interest disclosures reported by physicians. 6 Oct 2009
• International Journal of Sports Medicine - ethical standards in sport and exercise science research. 4 Oct 2009
• Expert opinion and controversies in musculoskeletal and sports medicine: conflict of interest. 29 Sep 2009
• A long way to go... 29 Sep 2009
• A trial of consent procedures for future research with clinically derived biological samples. 27 Sep 2009
• Prevalence of ghostwriting spurs calls for transparency. 19 Sep 2009
• Money in biomedicine: The senator's sleuth. 15 Sep 2009
• Trust, but verify. 15 Sep 2009
• Rethinking the responsiveness requirement for international research. 3 Sep 2009
• Of plants and people. Why do we care about dignity? 30 Aug 2009
• Enough is enough. 30 Aug 2009
• Surrogate consent for genomics research in intensive care. 30 Aug 2009
• A perspective on commercial relationships between ophthalmology and industry. 30 Aug 2009
• Protecting children in clinical research-Need for a rethink? 30 Aug 2009
• [Causes of globalization of clinica research] 25 Aug 2009
• Disclosure of financial relationships to participants in clinical research. 25 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Biomedical Research'

Definition: Research that involves the application of the natural sciences, especially biology and physiology, to medicine. (from American Heritage Dictionary, 4th ed)

Descriptor UI: D035843

Alternative terms: Biomedical Research; Research, Biomedical; Medical Research; Research, Medical; Clinical Research; Research, Clinical;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H01.770.644.145;

History Note: 2003

Technical Notes: biomedical research as a field or the progress or status of biomedical research; do not add routinely for specific studies in biomedicine; do not coord with MEDICINE: Manual 29.16; for Clinical Research, CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC (see note there) and HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION are also available