Textbook of Research Ethics: Theory and Practice

by Sana Loue

Book Overview

The International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects (CIOMS and WHO, 1993: 11) defines "research" as referring to a class of activities designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge. Generalizable knowledge consists of theories, principles or relationships, or the accumulation of information on which they are based, that can be corroborated by accepted scientific techniques of observation and inference...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306464489
• ISBN13: 9780306464485
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.4"