Ethical and Operational Challenges – Overcoming the Ethical and Operational Challenges in International Emergency Medicine Research
Medical research is fundamental for advancing the science of emergency medicine and informing the development of best practice patient management. Clinical research usually involves the active participation of patients and is associated with some patient time commitment, inconvenience, and possibly risk. Following a series of research atrocities, principles of human research ethics have been developed to mitigate this risk and to protect both researchers and research participants.