Most of the reputed medical journals are keeping this as mandatory. Developing country journals are not following this. Are the authors responsible or the editors?
Dear Brijesh
The World Medical Association has developed the Declaration of Helsinki as a statement of ethical principles to provide guidance to physicians and other participants in medical research involving human subjects . Medical research involving human subjects includes research on identifiable human material or identifiable data.
It is the duty of the physician to promote and safeguard the health of their patients . Knowledge and awareness of the physician are dedicated to the fulfillment of this duty.
The Declaration of Geneva of the World Medical Association binds the physician with the words, " The health of my patient will be my first consideration ," and the International Code of Medical Ethics declares that , " The physician shall act only in the patient's interest to foster care physicians who may be able to weaken the mental and physical fitness of the patient "
All provisions of the Declaration of Helsinki should be followed , especially the need for appropriate ethical and scientific review
For these reasons I believe it is necessary to cite the Declaration of helsinki in medical research
Most of medical journals required the declaration. The author are responsible of declaration. I think it is necessary that authors declare declaration also in medical journals that do not require the declaration
Since “The health of my patient will be my first consideration” is the very beginning of the general principles in the Helsinki Declaration it should be taken for granted to state this important medical statement. I agree that it should be declared even if it is not required to confirm good clinical practice in our research work. Thant´s why the authors are responsible for such a statement in my opinion.
Dear Brijesh
The World Medical Association has developed the Declaration of Helsinki as a statement of ethical principles to provide guidance to physicians and other participants in medical research involving human subjects . Medical research involving human subjects includes research on identifiable human material or identifiable data.
It is the duty of the physician to promote and safeguard the health of their patients . Knowledge and awareness of the physician are dedicated to the fulfillment of this duty.
The Declaration of Geneva of the World Medical Association binds the physician with the words, " The health of my patient will be my first consideration ," and the International Code of Medical Ethics declares that , " The physician shall act only in the patient's interest to foster care physicians who may be able to weaken the mental and physical fitness of the patient "
All provisions of the Declaration of Helsinki should be followed , especially the need for appropriate ethical and scientific review
For these reasons I believe it is necessary to cite the Declaration of helsinki in medical research
I believe that both the publishers as the authors are responsible for compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki. In Brazil we also have a local law that is respected. Including doctoral programs require the release of the research ethics committee for the defense of the thesis.
I think three parties are involved here 1) the author(s) (the investigators), 2) the editors and 3) the reviewers. The author at the first place must ensure that s/he complied with Declaration of Helsinki. The editor and reviewer will do the check and if the author forgot to mention they will advocate to declare.
In my opinion the authors should cite the latest one, not the previous one.
An ethical conduct is mandatory. Declarations are a way to formally clarify what is ethical and what is not. From my point of view, no research conducted without respecting ethical standards should be published (to be fully honest, it should not even exist).
Still, a relevant problem is posed since in different countries ethical committees tend to act in ways which are not only different, but sometimes even contradictory.
It's a mandatory step in all in-vivo studies to proclaim that the carrying out of the said research project in no way has caused harm to the subjects. An ethical committee should pass the study accordingly and the same should be given with proof alongside the manuscript.
Surely this is just good practice ? I would also expect there to be mention alongside this of ethical approval being awarded too to show propoer resarch governance . Why would you not say all this? Surely we have had enough ethical medical scandals to alert us to the fact that all research papers must inclde reference to these essential details if we are to reassure readers and the public that all published resaerch has met the criteria for ethical resarch
I think declaration is compulsory and also mandatory both to the author, researcher and the conformation of these is must and should be monitored by the editor to see if it is followed or not
Absolutely and going back to the orginal question it is the responsibility of everyone who is involved which includes the researcher, author and editor.
If only everyone would keep to the letter and spirit of the international conventions we have discussed I have just done a brief chapter on this for a book to be published next year and have just revisited some unethical research studies which has done a lot of harm to individual research subjects and science itself - only highlights why we need to ensure resarch is ethical.
It only wastes paper (and destroys trees unnecessarily) when many copies of the protocol are to be sent to ethics committee members in print. A link to the latest draft should suffice - this is strictly my personal opinion.
I totally agree with Nelson on this and cannot emphasise enough that supervisors must ensure that their students understand the reasons for these guidelines .
By the way Parimal, in Wales Ethics Applications are done on line so it does not involve the destruction of trees!
How do I cite the principles within my masters assignment? Thank you .
No other field than medical has seen and demonstrated violations of ethics in human history, especially in psychiatric research. citing for the sake of publication is less important than following it during conducting the research.
Impressive question that provoked very valuable comments and informations from our RG colleagues
In my opinion; it is sufficient to sign the latest Declaration of Helsinki in the process of obtaining the ethical approval of the study from the ethics committee. If this rule is applicable, there is no need to refer to the latest Declaration of Helsinki in writing the medical research manuscripts.
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