This course is designed to give participants a comprehensive overview of contemporary ethical issues in international health research. Participation will involve extensive reading before arrival, during the course, and after the course completion.
Topics will include:
- Ethical Guidelines for Research Involving Human Subjects
- Proposed Changes to International Guidelines
- Cultural Absolutism vs. Cultural Relativism
- Individual and Group Rights
- Ethical Review Boards/Institutional Review Boards
- Informed Consent
- Confidentiality
- Conflict of Interest
- Scientific Misconduct
- Standards of Care
- Responsibilities of Researchers to the Community
- Research on Refugee Populations
- Monitoring Ethical Standards
- Issues in Genetic Research
- Research in Refugee Populations
- Role of Medical Journals, the Press, and Others in Maintaining Ethical Standards
- Stem Cell Research