HLTH 3098 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Common Rule, Biopharmaceutical, Belmont Report
Document Summary
In identifying and discussing the three basic ethical principles, the belmont report does not indicate any order of their importance. The three principles provide an "analytical framework" for making decisions regarding ethical research. All three principles have to be considered equally when making ethical decisions about research and deciding how to apply them often requires difficult ethical decision making. At times, the principles might come in conflict with each other. Procedures to ensure beneficence might come in conflict with the principle of justice. For example, the need to protect children from risk might come in conflict with the need to include children for scientific validity. The goal of ensuring that research meets these ethical principles requires careful analysis and consideration by researchers and irbs. Federal regulations governing human subjects research in the u. s. are designed to implement the belmont report"s principles and restore the public trust in research.
