The Oxford Textbook of Clinical Research Ethics

The Oxford Textbook of Clinical Research Ethics is the first comprehensive and systematic reference on clinical research ethics. Under the editorship of experts from the U.S. National Institutes of Health of the United States, the book's 73 chapters offer a wide-ranging and systematic examination of all aspects of research with human beings.

Considering the historical triumphs of research as well as its tragedies, the textbook provides a framework for analyzing the ethical aspects of research studies with human beings. Through both conceptual analysis and systematic reviews of empirical data, the contributors examine issues ranging from scientific validity, fair subject selection, risk benefit ratio, independent review, and informed consent to focused consideration of international research ethics, conflicts of interests, and other aspects of responsible conduct of research.

The editors of The Oxford Textbook of Clinical Research Ethics offer a work that critically assesses and advances scholarship in the field of human subjects research. Comprehensive in scope and depth, this book will be a crucial resource for researchers in the medical sciences, as well as teachers and students.

Ezekiel J. Emanuel is Chair of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health.

Christine Grady is Head of the Section on Human Subjects Research at the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health.

Robert A. Crouch is at The Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions at Indiana University.

Reidar K. Lie is Head of International Programs in the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health.

Franklin G. Miller is on the faculty of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health.

David Wendler is Head of the Unit on Vulnerable Populations in the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health.