40 Years After Tuskegee: Reuniting Medical Research and Practice - Ruth Faden. Guidelines to protect human research subjects impede efficient generation and exchange of knowledge.
Darren Staples/Reuters It is estimated that we lack sufficient scientific evidence about the effectiveness of over 50 percent of commonly used medical treatments, and that 100,000 patients die annually from healthcare acquired infections. The pressing need for better evidence on how to deliver medical care effectively, safely, and efficiently, however, is butting up against another moral imperative -- protecting patients from unethical research.. Male Scientists More Likely to Commit Research Misconduct than Females. According to a new study published today in the online journal mBio, male scientists are far more likely to commit fraud than females and the fraud occurs across the career spectrum, from trainees to senior faculty.
“The fact that misconduct occurs across all stages of career development suggests that attention to ethical aspects of scientific conduct should not be limited to those in training, as is the current practice,” said senior author Prof Arturo Casadevall of the Yeshiva University’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine. “Not only are men committing more research misconduct,” said study co-author Dr Joan Bennett of Rutgers University. “Senior men are most likely to do so.” The scientists used data from the U.S. Buendia.PDF (objeto application/pdf)