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Human Subjects Protection In Research: Are We Doing Enough?, Marsha L. Green Dec 2002

Human Subjects Protection In Research: Are We Doing Enough?, Marsha L. Green

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Scientific research has produced substantial social benefits but has also posed troubling ethical questions with regard to the use and protection of human subjects. These questions have continued to be in the forefront of all biomedical and social research. The increased education of researchers on the subject of protection of human subjects has become of vital importance in the research world. This education involves program administrators, faculty, staff, students, research participants, and Institutional Review Board Committee (IRB) members. In this study of the University of Nevada, LasVegas (UNLV) human subjects’ protection program administration, the question to be answered was: has …


Conjoined Twins And Catholic Moral Analysis: Extraordinary Means And Casuistical Consistency, M. Cathleen Kaveny May 2002

Conjoined Twins And Catholic Moral Analysis: Extraordinary Means And Casuistical Consistency, M. Cathleen Kaveny

M. Cathleen Kaveny

This article draws upon the Roman Catholic distinction between “ordinary” and “extraordinary” means of medical treatment to analyze the case of “Jodie” and “Mary,” the Maltese conjoined twins whose surgical separation was ordered by the English courts over the objection of their Roman Catholic parents and Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, the Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster. It attempts to shed light on the use of that distinction by surrogate decision makers with respect to incompetent patients. In addition, it critically analyzes various components of the distinction by comparing the reasoning used by Catholic moralists in this case with the reasoning used …


Changing The Culture Of Science: Teaching Research Ethics To Graduate Students And Post-Doctoral Fellows, Brian Schrag Apr 2002

Changing The Culture Of Science: Teaching Research Ethics To Graduate Students And Post-Doctoral Fellows, Brian Schrag

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Paper presented for the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University, October 11, 2001.


Research Ethics, Wmu Center For The Study Of Ethics In Society Apr 2002

Research Ethics, Wmu Center For The Study Of Ethics In Society

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Papers published by the center, April 2002.


Teaching Research Ethics: An Institutional Change Model, Michael Pritchard Apr 2002

Teaching Research Ethics: An Institutional Change Model, Michael Pritchard

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Paper presented to the center, April 2002.


Toward An Ethical School, Stephan Millett Apr 2002

Toward An Ethical School, Stephan Millett

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Paper presented for the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University, January 22, 2002.


Academic Freedom In Times Of Turmoil, Petr Kolar Jan 2002

Academic Freedom In Times Of Turmoil, Petr Kolar

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Papers presented for the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University November 5, 2001.