Challenging Cases in Clinical Research Ethics

Clinical  research ethics consultation has emerged in the last 15 years as a  service to those involved in the conduct of clinical research who face  challenging issues for which more than one course of action may be  justified. To respond to a growing field and need for opportunities to  share knowledge and experience, the Clinical Research Ethics  Consultation Collaborative, established in 2014, holds monthly webinars  for its 90 members to present their most challenging cases to each other  and engage in substantive discussion. Every year, the group selects the  four most interesting cases with accompanying commentaries for  publication in the American Journal of Bioethics. 

This  timely book brings together these cases and commentaries under a range  of common themes for the first time, creating a permanent collection in  book format that encourages and supports readers to gain a better  understanding of the ethical challenges that they may face, and  providing them with a convenient and reflective resource to reference in  their own deliberations.

Key Features:

•  Comprehensive collection of cases and commentaries, chosen to reflect  the range of issues faced by clinical researchers and oversight  committees and illustrate the diversity of analysis that can arise 

• Supplemented by short introductions to each section 

• Focus on ethical rather than regulatory issues 

•  Essential reading for graduate students in bioethics and post-doctoral  bioethics fellows, and useful for all participants in training grants  that are funded by either NIH or NSF

Presenting  challenging cases to stimulate reflection, the book provides invaluable  guidance to clinicians in training and in practice and to investigators,  bioethics consultants, regulators, and oversight bodies.