title: Ethical principles in healthcare research.
abstract: Ethical principles underpin decision making in the research process. This article considers the seven ethical principles that are most frequently highlighted in the literature. Although the principles will be considered individually, they are not mutually exclusive, and the article demonstrates that they are closely linked.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cambridge.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gelling
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality; D003657:Decision Making; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D012935:Social Justice