title: Ethical issues in conducting clinical nursing research.
abstract: It frequently is assumed that research is being conducted in an ethical manner. Although this usually is the case, the approaches used to assure an ethical approach are not explicitly described in research proposals, protocols, presentations, or manuscripts. This paper explicates the ethical issues related to conducting clinical nursing research. Ethical principles and the problems of scientific misconduct are presented. Rights of human subjects and rights of special subjects are discussed, and practical points about the conduct of ethical research are summarized.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Collins
mesh_terms: D000827:Animal Welfare; D000818:Animals; D001319:Authorship; D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research / Q000592:standards; D003219:Confidentiality; D015713:Duplicate Publications as Topic; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005333:Fetus; D006805:Human Experimentation; D006801:Humans; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D011367:Professional Staff Committees