Basic Principles<\/h2>\n
The report was designed to offer clear guidance to any scientists and members of Institutional Review Boards (IRB) as to the basic ethical principles that should be followed in any biomedical and behavioral research involving human subjects. The acceptable code of conduct was stipulated in three categories<\/a>:<\/p>\n The basic principles of the Belmont Report closely reflect the professional oath that medical school graduates take when they enter the professions of medicine and medical research. Just as patients should be able to trust that their doctor has their best interests at heart and that he or she is providing them with all relevant information in relation to their diagnosis or condition, research subjects have the right to expect the same from the researchers conducting the study in which those subjects have volunteered to participate.<\/p>\n The guidelines offered by the Belmont Report give clear directions to IRBs as to the areas of proposed research studies that should be closely examined to ensure that human subjects are protected. However, the larger the study, and the more research personnel involved in that study, the greater the risk that IRBs will not be able to monitor all potential interactions between researchers and subjects. In pharmaceutical research, for example, clinical research trials operate under scrutiny from the Federal Drug Administration (FDA), who oversees the actions of the researchers. However, most clinical trials involve direct interaction between physicians and patients (the research subjects). Patients that enroll in the studies are typically given information on the nature of the drug being tested and are usually compensated in some way for time and travel. However, the financial relationship between the physician and the drug company is not disclosed. Since some prospective participants might perceive such compensation as a conflict of interest (the more patients enrolled from that physician\u2019s practice, the more that physician will earn), failure to disclose the amount of compensation constitutes misconduct<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
The Hippocratic Oath<\/h2>\n
Gaps in the Safety Net<\/h2>\n
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