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Ethics Training for Community-Engaged Research in Latino Community
Researchers recently provided human research ethics training to community health workers who were studying the effect of an intervention to promote healthy behaviors and expand healthcare access among Latinos.
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Plastic Surgery Poses Unique Ethical Considerations
Plastic surgery is a unique specialty in that there are so many procedures a surgeon might be asked to perform. This ranges from reconstructive surgery after cancer to cosmetic surgery to congenital abnormalities and also burn reconstruction. With that comes a whole host of ethical issues.
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Use Caution if Machine Learning Models Are Used to Predict Mortality
Machine learning and artificial intelligence will be part of caring for patients in some way or another going forward. Clinicians need to know what it all means and what the potential pitfalls are.
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Ethical Controversy Persists Over Organ Procurement Method
Ethical debate continues over a controversial method of procuring organs for transplantation: Normothermic regional perfusion with controlled donation after circulatory determination of death.
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IRBs May Need to Seek Outside Expertise; More Data Are Needed
It is impossible for any IRB to claim an exhaustive range of methodological and disciplinary expertise within their membership. Without the right expertise, the quality of IRB review comes into question. But for a variety of reasons, IRBs may not be taking advantage of the option to use outside experts.
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Efforts to Improve Ethics Education for Nurses
Nurses probably have heard of the ethical principles of autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice. However, these principles might not be discussed in terms of how they apply to nursing practice and patient care.
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Greater Awareness of Reporting Bias on Antidepressants, Yet Problem Persists
An investigator who was part of a landmark study on the efficacy of antidepressants recently revisited reporting transparency in this area of research.
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Ethical Concerns Persist Over Reporting Bias in Clinical Trials
Several changes could be made, including enforcement of penalties for delays in reporting trial results; journals prioritizing accuracy between published results and the original study protocols; and mitigating the problem of selective registration, publication, and reporting on ClinicalTrials.gov.
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Many Parkinson’s Research Participants Cannot Recall Study Risks
Rather than consenting an individual in the office during the presurgical visit, at a time when the patient was already receiving a large amount of information, the outreach could be conducted by phone later. This would give the subject time to carefully review the study materials.
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Uncertainties on Future Use of Study Participants’ Data
Generally, the informed consent process needs improvement, particularly when it comes to explaining to participants what data will be used and how. Responsible data-sharing rests on making quality data accessible to authorized researchers to meaningfully advance science while respecting participant values.