Ethics, Research
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Saturday, November 21, 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 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...

Research ethics and infection control.

13 Oct 2009 The Keystone study of prevention of catheter-related infections in intensive care units raised important issues regarding infection control and research ethics. Infection control is an area common to public health and quality improvement. The ... 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 'Ethics, Research'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Institutions' expectations for researchers' self-funding, federal grant holding, and private industry involvement: manifold drivers of self-interest and researcher behavior. 30 Oct 2009
• Research ethics and infection control. 13 Oct 2009
• Accuracy of conflict-of-interest disclosures reported by physicians. 6 Oct 2009
• Good science and good ethics: why we should discourage payment for eggs for stem cell research. 5 Oct 2009
• Cyberknife and prostate cancer. In regard to King et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009;73:1043-1048). 29 Sep 2009
• Doctors explore research potential of blood samples from newborns. 26 Sep 2009
• Views on primate laboratory research. 13 Sep 2009
• National Institutes of Health releases new guidelines for stem cell research. 13 Sep 2009
• Consent for biobank tissue in somatic-cell nuclear transfer. 10 Sep 2009
• Ethics scrutiny needed for Chinese-European projects. 8 Sep 2009
• Research Ethics . In clear sight. 31 Aug 2009
• Outlining ethical issues in nanotechnologies. 30 Aug 2009
• The cost of restricting knowledge. 30 Aug 2009
• Surveying clinical surveys. 30 Aug 2009
• Dispatch from the medical front: Miss Scarlett, in the laboratory, with the microscope. 30 Aug 2009
• Accurately reporting research. 30 Aug 2009
• Conflicts of interest, authorship, and disclosures in industry-related scientific publications: the tort bar and editorial oversight of medical journals. 30 Aug 2009
• Scientific and ethical issues related to deep brain stimulation for disorders of mood, behavior, and thought. 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 'Ethics, Research'

Definition: The moral obligations governing the conduct of research. Used for discussions of research ethics as a general topic.

Descriptor UI: D032984

Alternative terms: Ethics, Research; Research Ethics;

Related Mesh Headings: Human Experimentation; Research; Animal Experimentation; Embryo Research; Fetal Research;

Allowable Qualifiers: education; history;

Tree Number: K01.316.366; N05.350.670;

History Note: 2003; use ETHICS 2002

Technical Notes: do not use routinely for ethical issues in research, for which prefer specific topics; reserve for discussions of research ethics as a topic in its own right