Reporting of ethical issues in publications of medical research.
Clinical investigators rarely describe the rationale for ethically controversial features of study design or procedures instituted to enhance the protection of patients taking part in research, or how they ensured informed consent. We recommend a policy of extensive reporting of pertinent ethical issues to promote public accountability for clinical research. Guidelines are presented, and possible objections to this recommended policy are addressed.
Miller
Franklin G
FG
Department of Clinical Bioethics, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1156, USA. fmiller@nih.gov
Rosenstein
Donald L
DL
D032984:Ethics, Research; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D007258:Informed Consent; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000592:standards; D018907:Privacy; D011642:Publications / Q000592:standards*; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards