ethics

In Baroness Julia Cumberlege report on the pelvic mesh etc scandal, calls for doctors to have to clearly declare any funding from industry. If the BPS doctors involvement with the insurance industry, for all these decades, had really been out there, clearly declared for all to see, with all...

Note: There is also a members only thread discussing Reddit here Reddit thread on r/philosophy on the ethical questions involved in ME/CFS debate

A correction has appeared in BMJ Open for a UK/Dutch study published in 2015. Esther Crawley was one of the original studies authors. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/11/e008830corr1 The original 2015 study: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/10/e008830

The following posts have been moved from this thread. Have just noticed this on AfME website: https://www.actionforme.org.uk/news/me-research-hra-reviews-ethical-concerns/ @dave30th @Andy and...

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/me-uk-research-ethics-public-health-journalist-dr-david-tuller-guests-tickets-75779964915 eta: good date for it! can't wait for the fireworks.:emoji_boom:

Trial By Error: Where Is Bristol’s Review of Professor Crawley’s Ethics Missteps? http://www.virology.ws/2019/10/02/trial-by-error-where-is-bristols-review-of-professor-crawleys-ethics-missteps/ 2 October 2019 By David Tuller, DrPH I have repeatedly raised concerns about Professor Esther...

How about paying attention to the people negatively impacted by it? Unfortunately there is no process for that and the victims of such unethical research are often vilified and attacked openly, hence the current problem. Lots more work ahead. Blatantly unethical research is growing in some...

https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2019/03/05/its-time-to-pay-attention-to-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork

http://www.virology.ws/2019/03/04/trial-by-error-who-has-the-school-study-documents/

Full title: Even the Ethics Committee says the PACE authors should share the patient-level data, so why does PLOS ONE not enforce its regulations and compel them to? by some bloke called @JohnTheJack...

Paywalled at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bioe.12559 Full access at: http://sci-hub.tw/10.1111/bioe.12559

BMJ and Bristol's Ethics Exemptions Earlier today, I sent the following e-mail to Dr Fiona Godlee, editorial director of BMJ. I cc’d Carol Monaghan MP, Darren Jones MP, and Nicky Morgan MP. I also cc’d Teresa Allen of the Health Research Authority.

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/where-are-ethics-academic-publishing

Scientists, ethicists slam decisions behind gene-edited twins

How to avoid ethical review I have written many posts about BMJ Open’s 2011 school absence study, which reported that school absence records could be useful in identifying children with chronic fatigue syndrome. However, for reasons not yet adequately explained, the investigators exempted the...

National Standards for Public Involvement in Research: missing the forest for the trees Abstract Biomedical research funding bodies across Europe and North America increasingly encourage—and, in some cases, require—investigators to involve members of the public in funded research. Yet there...

I don't have anything to say on the topic but thought it might interest someone here. https://www.sfreporter.com/news/2018/09/19/algorithms-and-ethics/

I found some other pieces about 'Special Ethics' in relation to Michael Sharpe but they were earlier than this one. St Cross Special Ethics Seminar with Michael Sharpe Thursday, June 1, 2017 Event type: Academic Date: Thursday 1 June, 17:30 – 19:00 Venue: The Lecture Theatre, St Cross...

Exploring more ways to take advantage of children. Open access at http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/6/e022894

(Transcription available underneath video at the link, for those who don't do video.) https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/896847?src=soc_fb_180529_mscpedt_news_mdscp_pelvicexams&faf=1