NURS 8818 Ethical and Legal Issues in Research
This core course focuses on ethical and legal issues which inform responsible conduct of research. We explore complex ethical issues raised in human subject’s research, and examine major theoretical approaches that inform analysis of ethical issues, seminal cases of unethical use of human subjects, development of regulations and international guidelines governing research with human subjects and animals, and current mechanisms for research oversight within the U.S. and internationally. We examine real-world cases, apply ethical analysis, and touch upon ethical and legal-regulatory aspects of topics such as, informed consent, decisional capacity, privacy and confidentiality, research design, risk-benefit assessment, use of vulnerable subjects, inducements, conflicts of interests, disclosure of findings, and international research. Research ethics, policy, and regulatory content will be integrated in class discussions and assignments.