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BMC Medical Ethics is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in the ethics of medical research and practice.
BMC Medical Ethics (ISSN 1472-6939) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE and Google Scholar.
BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :9
In the few studies of public attitudes to emergency clinical research without consent half of those questioned disagree with it, but paradoxically more would personally take part in such a study especially outside a formal research protocol.
BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :4
Research participants who received their individual research results felt this information was quasi-clinical and inadequate, suggesting a need to further debate the ethical obligation to communicate individual research results.
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Research article
Understanding and retention of the informed consent process among parents in rural northern Ghana Abraham R Oduro, Raymond A Aborigo, Dickson Amugsi, Francis Anto, Thomas Anyorigiya, Frank Atuguba, Abraham Hodgson, Kwadwo A Koram BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :12 (19 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Correspondence
Cesarean delivery on maternal request: Can the ethical problem be solved by the principlist approach? Tore Nilstun, Marwan Habiba, G BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :11 (17 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Informed consent in Sri Lanka: A survey among ethics committee members Athula Sumathipala, Sisira Siribaddana, Suwin Hewage, Manura Lekamwattage, Manjula Athukorale, Chesmal Siriwardhana, Joanna Murray, Martin Prince BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :10 (20 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Clinical research without consent in adults in the emergency setting: a review of patient and public views Jan Lecouturier, Helen Rodgers, Gary A Ford, Tim Rapley, Lynne Stobbart, Stephen J Louw, Madeleine J Murtagh BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :9 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Debate
What is presumed when we presume consent? Barbara K Pierscionek BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :8 (25 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Is the qualitative research interview an acceptable medium for research with palliative care patients and carers? Marjolein Gysels, Cathy Shipman, Irene J Higginson BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :7 (24 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Review
How do we know that research ethics committees are really working? The neglected role of outcomes assessment in research ethics review Carl H Coleman, Marie-Charlotte Bou BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :6 (28 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The principle of respect for autonomy Mette Ebbesen, Birthe D Pedersen BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :5 (26 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
When research seems like clinical care: a qualitative study of the communication of individual cancer genetic research results Fiona A Miller, Mita Giacomini, Catherine Ahern, Jason S Robert, Sonya de Laat BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :4 (22 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Ethics Review Committee approval and informed consent: an analysis of biomedical publications originating from Sri Lanka Athula Sumathipala, Sisira Siribaddana, Suwin Hewege, Manura Lekamwattage, Manjula Athukorale, Chesmal Siriwardhana, Joanna Murray, Martin Prince BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :3 (11 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
Study protocol
Can patient decision aids help people make good decisions about participating in clinical trials? A study protocol Jamie C Brehaut, Alison Lott, Dean A Fergusson, Kaveh G Shojania, Jonathan Kimmelman, Raphael Saginur Implementation Science 2008, 3 :38 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Book review
Book review: Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry, by Peter Stastny and Peter Lehmann (Eds). Peter Lehmann Publishing, 2007. Paul Hammersley Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2008, 3 :18 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Informed consent for clinical trials in acute coronary syndromes and stroke following the European Clinical Trials Directive: investigators' experiences and attitudes Piotr Iwanowski, Andrzej Budaj, Anna Czlonkowska, Wojciech Wasek, Beata Kozlowska-Boszko, Urszula Oledzka, Wojciech Maselbas Trials 2008, 9 :45 (21 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Editorial
Another challenge for scientists Laura M Christian, Hassan R Naqvi, Christian Schmidt, David Covarrubias, Shawn Mathur Molecular Cancer 2008, 7 :63 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Review
Dignity in the Care of Older People - A Review of the Theoretical and Empirical Literature Ann Gallagher, Sarah Li, Paul Wainwright, Ian Rees Jones, Diana Lee BMC Nursing 2008, 7 :11 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Editorial
On drug treatment and social control: Russian narcology's great leap backwards Richard Elovich, Ernest Drucker Harm Reduction Journal 2008, 5 :23 (24 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Commentary
Half a gram Lev Levinson Harm Reduction Journal 2008, 5 :22 (24 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Combined written and oral information prior to gastrointestinal endoscopy compared with oral information alone: a randomized trial Christian Felley, Thomas V Perneger, Isabelle Goulet, Catherine Rouillard, Nadereh Azar-Pey, Gian Dorta, Antoine Hadengue, Jean-Louis Frossard BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :22 (3 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Commentary
The beginning of the end for chimpanzee experiments? Andrew Knight Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2008, 3 :16 (2 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [1 comment ]
Book review
Malaria eradication in Mexico: Some historico-parasitological views on
Cold war, deadly fevers by Marcos Cueto, Ph.D Filiberto Malag Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2008, 3 :15 (2 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ]
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