Principles and Practices of Research Quality Assurance - Ethics

Essay from the year 2004 in the subject Medicine - General, grade: good, Anglia Ruskin University, language: English, abstract: Select three of the five following areas of research, and identify one ethical issue that is controversial or subject to opposing opinions in each of the three chosen areas. Briefly describe the controversy or opposing viewpoints for these three issues, with reference to the ethical principles or values involved. x Bio-medical research on humans x Pre-clinical research (animal or in-vivo) x Animal health research x Field studies x Manufacture, packaging and handling of investigational medicinal products For one of the three selected areas, critically evaluate how the applicable laws, regulatory requirements and guidelines address public concerns about the identified ethical issue and the extent to which these achieve a balance between ethical and scientific concerns.