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Healthcare research ethics and law: regulation, review and responsibility

Healthcare research ethics and law: regulation, review and responsibility
Healthcare research ethics and law: regulation, review and responsibility
The book explores and explains the relationship between law and ethics in the context of medically related research in order to provide a practical guide to understanding for members of research ethics committees (RECs), professionals involved with medical research and those with an academic interest in the subject.

Healthcare Research Ethics and Law sets out the law as it relates to the functions of Research Ethics Committees (RECs) within the context of the process of ethical review and aims to be accessible and readily understood by REC members. Each chapter begins by locating the material within the practical context of ethical review and then provides a more theoretical and analytical discussion detailing how the theory and practice fit together. The key legal issues of confidentiality, consent and negligence are addressed in detail, alongside practical guidance as to how and when liability may be incurred in these areas. In addition, the practical and legal implications of the implementation of European Directive 2001/20/EC, the Human Tissue Act 2004 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 are considered alongside a discussion of their socio-political background and relevance for medical research in the UK.
healthcare research, medical research, clinical research, ethics, law, confidentiality, consent, human participants
9780415429177
Routledge-Cavendish
Biggs, Hazel
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Biggs, Hazel
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Biggs, Hazel (2009) Healthcare research ethics and law: regulation, review and responsibility (Biomedical Law and Ethics Library), Canada, CA. Routledge-Cavendish, 206pp.

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The book explores and explains the relationship between law and ethics in the context of medically related research in order to provide a practical guide to understanding for members of research ethics committees (RECs), professionals involved with medical research and those with an academic interest in the subject.

Healthcare Research Ethics and Law sets out the law as it relates to the functions of Research Ethics Committees (RECs) within the context of the process of ethical review and aims to be accessible and readily understood by REC members. Each chapter begins by locating the material within the practical context of ethical review and then provides a more theoretical and analytical discussion detailing how the theory and practice fit together. The key legal issues of confidentiality, consent and negligence are addressed in detail, alongside practical guidance as to how and when liability may be incurred in these areas. In addition, the practical and legal implications of the implementation of European Directive 2001/20/EC, the Human Tissue Act 2004 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 are considered alongside a discussion of their socio-political background and relevance for medical research in the UK.

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Published date: 15 October 2009
Keywords: healthcare research, medical research, clinical research, ethics, law, confidentiality, consent, human participants
Organisations: Law

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Local EPrints ID: 80129
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/80129
ISBN: 9780415429177
PURE UUID: 93fdfd49-bd81-4b22-9e0a-5a2532c43de8
ORCID for Hazel Biggs: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4434-6543

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Date deposited: 24 Mar 2010
Last modified: 23 Jul 2022 01:59

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Author: Hazel Biggs ORCID iD

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