Templates, useful links and further reading

Social responsibility

• Nuremberg Code: the Nuremberg Code is the most important document in the history of the ethics of medical research.
• Declaration of Helsinki webpage | PDF - the Declaration of Helsinki is a statement of ethical principles developed by the World Medical Association to: "provide guidance to physicians and other participants in medical research involving human subjects" (Para 1, Declaration of Helsinki). This includes research on people, identifiable human material or identifiable data. The Declaration was first adopted in 1964 and has since undergone several revisions (1975, 1983, 1989, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008 and 2013) to accommodate advances in medical science and ethical problems.

Journals

• Bulletin of Medical Ethics 1987 plus
• Journal of Medical Ethics 1975 plus
• Linacre Quarterly 1987 plus
• Boyd KM, Higgs R, Pinching AJ. The new dictionary of medical ethics. London: BMJ, 1997.
• Brody B. Ethics for biomedical research: an international perspective. London: Oxford University Press, 1998.
• Campbell AV. Medical ethics. 2nd edition. London: Oxford University Press, 1997
• King's College London Centre for Medical Ethics and Law. Manual for research ethics committees. 5th edition. London: King's College, 1998.
• Medical Council. A guide to ethical conduct and behaviour. Dublin: Medical Council, 1998
• Neuberger J. Ethics and health care: the role of research ethics committees in the United Kingdom King's Fund Institute Research Report 13. London: King's Fund, 1992
• Royal College of Physicians of London. Guidelines on the practice of ethics committees in medical research involving human subjects. 3rd edition. London: RCP, 1996
• UK NHS Training Division. Standards for local research ethics committees: a framework for ethical review. London: NHS, 1994
• UK NHS Training Division. Standard operating procedures of LRECs. London: NHS, 1994
• UK NHS Training Division. Using standards for LRECs. London: NHS, 1994

• Template RCSI Research Consent Form updated - June 2014
• Template RCSI Information Leaflet updated February 2013
• REC signoff sheet for postgraduate students

• Data Protection Commissioner
• Department of Health and Children

Other links

• Association of Research Ethics Committees [United Kingdom]
• Beaumont Hospital Ethics (Medical Research) Committee
• Bioethics Resources on the web
• Department of Children and Youth Affairs
• EudraCT
• European Commission
• Health Research Board (HRB)
• Health Services Executive (HSE)
• Irish Council for Bioethics
• Health Products Regulatory Authority
• Recognised Ethics Committees
• RCSI policy on investigation into allegations of Research Misconduct