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Hello and welcome to epidemiology. In today's
lecturer we're going to tackle one of my favorite
topics, ethics. It's one of my favorite topics
because I do a lot of research in this area,
research ethics and medical ethics. So after
today's lecture, you'll be familiar with some
of the major historical landmarks in research
ethics. There are a lot of them, we've selected
a few of them for you to learn about. You'll
also know the five pillars of research ethics,
some people say there are five, some people
say there are eight, some people say there
more. You're going to learn a bunch of them
and you can decide for yourself how many there
actually are. You're also going to know about
the role of research ethics boards.
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These are the committees to whom you can submit
your research projects if you're seeking approval
to do research.
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There are many ways to summarize the recent
history of medical research ethics; here are
a few key touchstones you might want to think
about. The first is the Nuremberg code, which
held the first acceptance that research must
have as its goal to do good and not harm was
first presented. There is also the declaration
of Geneva and this built upon the Nuremberg
code and the Hippocratic Oath, which I assume
you're familiar with; to stress that medical
science must not be used for bad purposes.
Also there is the Belmont report, which is
an American report, it's the foundational
ethics document of the USA and introduces
the idea of informed consent and autonomy
as a core principle in research ethics.
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Then there is the declaration of Helsinki, which
is a foundational document that many countries
rely upon for defining medical practice. It
informs a lot of local medical practices in
a variety of countries and builds upon the
Belmont report.