Research Guides: *Neuroscience: Research Ethics in Neuroscience

Research Ethics

Ethics in Research with Human Participants by Bruce D. Sales; Susan Folkman (Editors)
Published: 2000
In addition to laying the moral foundations of research with human participants, the examples and analyses in this work help to guide researchers in identifying conflicts of interest and solving ethical dilemmas, planning research, recruiting participants and maintaining trust.

The Belmont Report: Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research
An important historical document in the field of medical ethics; created on April 18, 1979.
Ethics Resources from the American Psychology Association
A wealth of ethics resources from the APA including links to the 2003 Ethics Code as it applies to psychologists' activities that are part of their scientific, educational, or professional roles. The site also contains information regarding Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Nonhuman Animals in Research.
Ethics in Clinical Trials
A collection of links from the National Library of Medicine. This content is targeted to participants (or potential participants) in clinical trials.
The Hastings Center
The Hastings Center is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit bioethics research institute founded in 1969. The Center's mission is to address fundamental ethical issues in the areas of health, medicine, and the environment as they affect individuals, communities, and societies.
Issue considered at the Hastings Center include: Animal Research Ethics, Children & Psychiatric Medications, Clinical Trials and Human Subject Research, Conflicts of Interest in Research, End of Life, Enhancement, Genetic Testing & Screening, Health Care Reform & Policy, Medical Error & Malpractice Reform, Nature, Organ Transplantation, Pandemic Planning, Quality Improvement, Reproduction & Technology, Stem Cells, and Synthetic Biology.
Ethics in Medicine: University of Washington School of Medicine
Provides a definition of informed consent as well as information regarding ethical issues involving: Advance Care Planning, Advance Directives, Breaking Bad News, Clinical Ethics and Law, Complementary Medicine, Confidentiality, Cross-Cultural Issues and Diverse Beliefs in Pediatrics, Difficult Patient Encounters, Do Not Resuscitate Orders during Anesthesia and Urgent Procedures, End-of-Life Issues, Ethics Committees and Consultation, Futility, HIV and AIDS, Informed Consent, Interdisciplinary Team Issues, Maternal / Fetal Conflict, Mistakes, Neonatal ICU Issues, Parental Decision Making, Physician-Aid-in-Dying,
Public Health Ethics, Research Ethics, Resource Allocation, Spirituality and Medicine, Student Issues, Termination of Life-Sustaining Treatment, Truth-telling and Withholding Information.
Power, Ethics, and the IRB: Dissonance Over Human Participant Review of Participatory Research
This article addresses how application of the conventional IRB framework in reviewing the ethics of participatory inquiry can itself harm human participants in such projects by limiting the participants' field of choice.