Clinical Research & Clinical Trials

Ethics in clinical research

The essential ethical principles of various ailments related to research and scientific study are addressed in the field of research ethics. Medical ethics is a set of moral concepts that apply values to clinical treatment and scientific study. Medical ethics is built on a set of ideals that practitioners can refer to in the event of confusion or conflict. Privacy for research participants is a concept in research ethics that asserts that a person in human subject research has a right to privacy when participating in research. Shared decision-making in medicine (SDM) is a method in which both the patient and the practitioner contribute to the medical decision-making process. Health care providers explain treatments and alternatives to patients in order to provide the resources needed for patients to select the treatment option that best accords with their particular cultural and personal values.