Research Ethics

Contents

Introduction & Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
The Origins of Intervention Studies

Is It Ethical to Do an Intervention Study?
Is It Ethical to Do an Intervention Study?
Nazi Experiments on Concentration Camp Prisoners During WW II
The Declaration of Helsinki

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Institutional Review Boards and the Belmont Principles
The Syphilis Study at Tuskegee
When Is IRB Approval Required?

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Other Considerations
Equipoise
The Ethics of Placebos
Sham Controls for Testing the Efficacy of Medical Devices

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Date last modified: March 4, 2016.
Wayne W. LaMorte, MD, PhD, MPH

Boston University School of Public Health