Ethics in medical research : a handbook of good practice / Trevor Smith.

New York ; Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

xvii, 403 pages ; 22 cm

Ch. 1. Origin of the ethical review of medical research -- Ch. 2. Medical research ethics committees: protecting patients, researchers and institutions -- Ch. 3. Researchers and their facilities -- Ch. 4. Importance of informed consent -- Ch. 5. Evaluating risks and benefits -- Ch. 6. Acceptable research procedures -- Ch. 7. Confidentiality -- Ch. 8. Clinical trials -- Ch. 9. Research with health volunteers -- Ch. 10. Are placebos ethical? -- Ch. 11. Arrangements for compensation

Ch. 12. Research with children, seriously ill patients, persons with learning disability and other vulnerable groups -- Ch. 13. Research on surplus blood and other tissue -- Ch. 14. Questionnaire and interview studies -- Ch. 15. Epidemiological studies -- Ch. 16. Genetic research- special ethical considerations -- Ch. 17. Gene therapy -- Ch. 18. Research on fetuses -- Ch. 19. Animal to human transplantation -- Ch. 20. Post-approval monitoring of research by ethics committees

Includes bibliographic references and index