The value of bioethical research: A qualitative literature analysis of researchers' statements.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Value and waste in preclinical and clinical research projects are intensively debated in biomedicine at present. Such different aspects as the need for setting objectives and priorities, improving study design, quality of reporting, and problematic incentives of the academic reward system are addressed. While this debate is also fueled by ethical considerations and thus informed by bioethical research, up to now, the field of bioethics lacks a similar extensive debate. Nonetheless, bioethical research should not go unquestioned regarding its scientific or social value. What exactly constitutes the value of bioethical research, however, remains widely unclear so far.

Methods

This explorative study investigated possible value dimensions for bioethical research by

SUBMITTER: Mertz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6663028 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature