Healthy Skepticism Library item: 5584

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Publication type: Journal Article

Maintaining public confidence in research
BMJ 2006;333 (22 July), doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7560.0-d 2006 Jul 22; 333:(7560):
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/short/333/7560/0-d?etoc%3e

Abstract:

Researchers must balance the quest for better health for all against the need to respect the privacy of research participants. In this first article in a series on confidentiality and consent in medical research, Kalra and colleagues (p 196) look at what needs to be done to ensure best practice. Several areas of research practice need to be improved, and staff training and access policies are essential, but firstly the main contemporary public concerns must be recognised and understood, they say