Human Experimentation - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Perspectives on human stem cell research.

30 Aug 2009 Human stem cell research draws not only scientists' but the public's attention. Human stem cell research is considered to be able to identify the mechanism of human development and change the paradigm of medical practices. However, there are heated ... Read more...

Understanding bureaucracy in health science ethics: toward a better institutional review board.

14 Jul 2009 Research involving human participants continues to grow dramatically, fueled by advances in medical technology, globalization of research, and financial and professional incentives. This creates increasing opportunities for ethical errors with ... Read more...

Protecting human subjects in research.

29 Jun 2009 The quest for advancing scientific knowledge through human experimentations using vulnerable groups is traced back to ancient history, when Herophilus performed vivisections on prisoners. The violation of the rights of human subjects through the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Human Experimentation - Legislation & jurisprudence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Perspectives on human stem cell research. 30 Aug 2009
• Clinical research law in Jordan. 30 Jul 2009
• Understanding bureaucracy in health science ethics: toward a better institutional review board. 14 Jul 2009
• Protecting human subjects in research. 29 Jun 2009
• When neonatal ICU infants participate in research: special protections for special subjects. 30 May 2009
• Action research in public schools: is it research? Should it be reviewed? 30 May 2009
• Nurse research and the law in competent adults. 29 Apr 2009
• Reduction in surgical innovation, 1988 to 2006. 29 Apr 2009
• Surgical research in the UK. 30 Mar 2009
• Biomedical research and human research subject protection: is there need for action in Germany and Austria? 27 Feb 2009
• Developments in international/European health law. 27 Feb 2009
• Gerhart Panning (1900-1944): a German forensic pathologist and his involvement in Nazi crimes during Second World War. 27 Feb 2009
• [Informed consent: a dialogic praxis for the research] 30 Dec 2008
• The vulnerability of the very sick. 30 Dec 2008
• Limited English proficiency and disparities in clinical research. 30 Dec 2008
• Vulnerability as a regulatory category in human subject research. 30 Dec 2008
• Vulnerability in clinical research with patients in pain: a risk analysis. 30 Dec 2008
• Vulnerability in research: individuals with limited financial and/or social resources. 30 Dec 2008
• Closing loopholes in the federal research regulations: some practical problems. 30 Oct 2008
• Ethical human-research protections: not universal and not uniform. 30 Oct 2008

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Technical information about 'Human Experimentation'

Definition: The use of humans as investigational subjects.

Descriptor UI: D006805

Alternative terms: Human Experimentation; Experimentation, Human; Human Volunteers; Human Volunteer; Volunteer, Human; Volunteers, Human;

Related Mesh Headings: Helsinki Declaration; Bioethical Issues; Ethics, Research; Embryo Research; Fetal Research; Research Subjects;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; statistics & numerical data; standards;

Tree Number: E05.445;

History Note: 66

Technical Notes: IM for moral, legal, ethical, sociologic, religious aspect of experiments on humans; coordinate IM with aspect (IM); do not routinely add for research involving human disease, therapy or physiology