Writing Clinical Research Protocols: Ethical Considerations

A timely balanced and thoughtful book combining important reference material, practical real world issues and broadly informed perspective that allow healthy dialogue among physicians, government, the public and the device and drug industries. An important step toward clearing the air and setting a course for de-risking physician-industry interactions and aligning incentives for improving patient care. Physicians and the public are exposed to polarized, incomplete and biased debates about how physicians and their organizations should manage their relationships with industry. This book gives one the wisdom and confidence to find the best balance between avoidance of conflicts and achieving the highest benefits for patients.

This is a very detailed book about ethical issues happened in true biological research cases. As a scientific researcher, I had real experience about some research blind spots described in the book. It is a good book not only for clinical researchers but also other biological researchers, for it reminds us a lot of things we need to think twice before conducting or even designing our experiments.