title: Research ethics in emergency medicine.
abstract: A framework for the ethical conduct of research is constructed within this article. The historical developments and current state of ethical principles and regulations guiding ethical conduct of research are reviewed, while situations unique to emergency medicine research are highlighted. Also discussed are the related issues of scientific misconduct, conflict of interest, authorship guidelines, and publication ethics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Fish
mesh_terms: D001319:Authorship; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D032984:Ethics, Research; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D033281:Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D012106:Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D015871:Scientific Misconduct; D014481:United States