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Medical research takes many forms. These articles look at some aspects of medical research, including the ethics of using human subjects, and of using animals in research.
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cmf file 42 (2010) - Christians and medical research (CMF files)
Although only a minority of doctors will be actively involved in research, all doctors will feel its impact. The implications of research findings are also often the subject of popular discussion. It is therefore important that we all understand the assumptions, methods and challenges of research....
CMF submission to Nuffield Council on Bioethics consultation: Give and take? Human bodies in medicine & research - 13/7/2010
Direct link to Nuffield Council on Bioethics consultation 1. Nature of human bodily material and first-in-human trials - Human bodily material - 1. Are there any additional types of human bodily material that could raise ethical concerns? No type has been omitted, but we note no mention is made here of the genetic significance of material – there...Copy of online submission made by CMF on 15 September 2009 to the General Medical Council drafts for consultation on Research guidance: Good practice in research and Consent to research - 16/9/2009
Drafts may be viewed online: Consent to research Good practice in research . Questions relating to Good practice in research - Principles of good research practice (paragraphs 1-27) Question 1. - Do you think this section covers the most important principles that doctors must consider when they are involved in research? Not sure. Generally,...Integrity in Research (triple helix - winter 2007)
Sam Leinster considers the relationship between faith and research - Key points - Fraudulent research harms patients, ruins careers and wastes resources. Yet the pressure to succeed academically can be immense and one in five new consultants is tempted to carry out research fraud. As Christians we...
MMR and Autism – muddled medical reasoning (triple helix - spring 2004)
Recent systematic reviews have failed to confirm the link between the MMR vaccine and autism claimed in Andrew Wakefield's original research. But despite a retraction of his paper by the Lancet, and the exposure of possible vested financial interests, many people remain unconvinced that the vaccine...
File 24 (2004) - Globalisation and Health (CMF files)
Treating the world as one huge marketplace brings new opportunities for sharing ideas and technologies, experiencing different cultures, and developing highly efficient modes of production. But anti-globalisation rallies show that not everyone is pleased. Globalisation can increase the gulf between...
File 18 (2002) - The Mind-Body Problem (CMF files)
Are the mind and the body separate entities, or one and the same thing? If they are separate, how do they relate? If they are one ‘substance’, is this substance mental or purely physical in nature? The ‘mind-body problem’, the difficulty of understanding how mind and body (or brain) relate, has...
File 15 (2001) - Human Experiments (CMF files)
Ways to help sick people have rarely been found by accident, by inspired guesses or by hit-or-miss trials. Scientific testing with human volunteers is a key stage in work to find new or better treatments, or discover how illnesses work. For this research to be ethical, it must be conducted in a way...
File 17 (2002) - Resource Allocation (CMF files)
Improved living conditions enable people to live longer, but older people require more medical care and treatment. Medical research generates new technologies and creates new opportunities for providing care, but this is often expensive. Consequently many people see healthcare expenditure as a...
Personal Agendas in Research (nucleus - spring 1998)
In the public mind, scientists are frequently imagined to be unbiased data collectors, working purely for the advancement of humanity. Unfortunately, such impartiality is notoriously elusive: after all, scientists are humans with opinions, prejudices, motives and emotions. As students of biological...