Reporting Results of Research Involving Human Subjects: An Ethical Obligation.
10.3346/jkms.2015.30.6.673
- Author:
Allison Baer ALLEY
1
;
Jeong Wook SEO
;
Sung Tae HONG
Author Information
1. JW LEE Center for Global Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Ethics, Research;
Results Reporting;
Negative Results;
Trial Registration
- MeSH:
Clinical Trials as Topic/*ethics;
*Ethics, Research;
Human Experimentation/*ethics;
Publishing/*ethics;
Republic of Korea;
*Research Report;
Research Subjects
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
2015;30(6):673-675
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Researchers have an ethical responsibility to report the results of research involving human subjects. Dissemination of results ensures that patient care is based on good science and that the field of medicine advances based on complete and accurate knowledge. However, current evidence suggests that publication is often neglected or substantially delayed, especially in the case of negative and inconclusive results. Researchers, editors and reviewers should value all high-quality research regardless of the conclusiveness of the results and ensure that all research involving human subjects is registered in a publicly accessible database.
