SOC200H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Medical Research Council (United Kingdom), Allan Memorial Institute, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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Dr. ewen cameron gained notoriety for the ethical issues his work raised. Cameron carried out experiments on people at several locations in montreal, including the allan memorial. A second scandal in canada concerned dr. roger poisson and clinical trials he was conducting in montreal from the 1970s through 1990. The case gained canadian public attention in 1994 (although the fraud was detected in 1990). In canada, a national set of ethical guidelines was established in the 1990s for institutions that receive federal funding. These guidelines are applicable across disciplines to all types of research concerning human subjects. In 1994, the three major granting agencies in canada the medical research council (mrc) (recently renamed the canadian institutes of. Health research [cihr]) the natural science and engineering research council (nserc) the social sciences and humanities research council (sshrc) Formed the tri-council working group to create a joint policy concerning ethical standards for research involving humans.
