What Makes Health Systems Research in Developing Countries Ethical? Application of the Emanuel Framework for Clinical Research to Health Systems Research. Issue 3 (12th February 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wassenaar, Doug; Rattani, Abbas
• Other Names: Ndebele Paul guestEditor.; Hyder Adnan A. guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Developing world bioethics. Volume 16:Issue 3(2016)
• Page Start: 133
• Page End: 139
• Publication Date: 2016-02-12
• Subjects: health systems -- research -- research ethics; Bioethics -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Medical ethics -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; 174.2091724
• DOI: 10.1111/dewb.12101
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1471-8731

Abstract

Abstract: The growing importance of health systems research has opened debate about appropriate ethical frameworks and guidelines for the ethical review and conduct of health systems research. In this article we consider a detailed proposal from Hyder et al. (2014) and consider it in relation to the conventional criteria for ethics review of clinical research outlined by Emanuel et al. (2004; 2008) and argue that the Emanuel criteria can be usefully applied to the review of health systems research to supplement the Hyder et al. proposals. We argue further that health systems researchers and reviewers would benefit from many of the debates that have characterized the ethics of clinical research over the past three decades.