Acceptable Risk in Biomedical Research: European Perspectives [Paperback]

This book is the first major work that addresses?a core question in biomedical research: the question of acceptable risk. The acceptable level of risks is regulated by the requirement of proportionality in biomedical research law, which state that the risk and burden to the participant must be in proportion to potential benefits to the participant, society or science.

This investigation addresses research on healthy volunteers, children, vulnerable subjects, and includes placebo controlled clinical trials.?It represents a major contribution towards clarifying the most central, but also the most controversial and complex issue in biomedical research law and bioethics. The EU Clinical Trial Directive, the Council of Europes Oviedo Convention (and its Additional Protocol), and national regulation in member states are covered.?It?is a relevant work for lawyers and?ethicists, and the?practical approach makes?a valuable tool for researchers and members of research ethics committees supervising biomedical research.

This volume is the first major work to address acceptable risk --?a question at the core of biomedical research. It represents a major contribution towards clarifying the most central, but also the most controversial and complex issue in biomedical research law and bioethics.

1.????? Introduction

2.????? Method and material

3.????? Initial conceptual clarifications

4.????? Origins of the requirement of proportionality

5.????? The purpose of the requirement of proportionality

6.????? ?Introduction: Part II

7.????? Which risks, burdens and potential benefits are relevant?

8.????? How to estimate risks, burdens, and potential benefits

9.????? The requirement of proportionality  initial clarifications

10.? Therapeutic research