Transparent accountability in medicine and responsibility of ethics committees.

Česká verzia

Authors: L. Zamykalová; J. Šimek
Authors place of work: Vedoucí: doc. MUDr. Jiří Šimek, CSc. ; Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích ; Zdravotně sociální fakulta ; Katedra filozofie a etiky v pomáhajících profesích
Published in the journal: Prakt. Lék. 2008; 88(2): 67-70
Category: Editorial

Summary

This paper is a reflection on the meaning of the term “accountability”, which is connected with the concepts of responsibility, trust and transparency. The authors present certain situations in pharmacology research that require responsibility of actions in conjunction with transparency of decision making. Various forms of conflicts of interest in financing the development of new drugs are discussed, including the risks connected with them and the problem of objectivity in decision making.

Key words:
Accountability; research ethics; ethics committees.

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