“This compact book is intended as a practical guide for students involved in research, and it fulfils that goal well. …The chapter on ‘The funding and sponsorship of research’ is […]

Ethics is becoming an increasingly prominent issue for all researchers across the western world. This comprehensive and accessible guide introduces students to the field and encourages knowledge of research ethics […]

This unique hands-on guide uses a highly effective case approach to explore specific, reality-based examples of the complex, controversial, and difficult ethical issues that students face on college campuses today–e.g., […]

Delivering comprehensive and ethical patient-cenetered care is the goal of every nurse–and every nursing student. Practical Ethics for Nurses and Nursing Students is a concise and easy-to-use reference manual to […]

Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois. Concise text for physician/ethicists on how to do ethics consultations in the hospital, clinic, nursing home, or office setting. Uses case studies. DNLM: Ethics, […]

This important new book develops a new concept of autonomy. The notion of autonomy has emerged as central to contemporary moral and political philosophy, particularly in the area of applied […]

This collection of thirty-one cases and commentaries addresses ethical problems commonly encountered by the average health care professional, not just those working on such high-tech specialties as organ transplants or […]

Although the subject of federally mandated Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) has been extensively debated, we actually do not know much about what takes place when they convene. The story of […]

“Many people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.” — Albert Einstein Integrity in Scientific Research attempts to define and […]

University researchers in the United States seeking to observe, survey, or interview people are required first to complete ethical training courses and to submit their proposals to an institutional review […]