Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: Although the AMA Code of Medical Ethics provides guidance primarily to physicians practicing in the US, these physicians are expected to uphold the Code's standard of professionalism when working internationally.Accordingly, the Code specifically addresses ethical issues related to physicians' conducting biomedical or behavioral research outside the US.By the same token, physicians practicing in the US are expected to uphold the Code's standard of professionalism regardless of their patients' national origins, and the Code specifically addresses safely discharging patients who are noncitizen immigrants.Opinion 2.077, "Ethical Considerations in International Research" [1], provides guidelines for physicians participating in research in countries with differing cultural traditions, health care systems, and ethical standards.Physicians have ethical obligations to ensure protection of research participants in several ways: first, they must ensure that the research protocol has been developed according to a sound scientific design.In fact, with certain exceptions, US investigators must obtain approval for such protocols from institutional review boards (IRBs) [2].What are the specific participant protections addressed by Opinion 2.077?
Source: The AMA Journal of Ethic
Author: Danielle Chaet
Language: English
Topic: Ethics in Clinical Research
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2502924735