A patient reflects on his past medical care and his desire to give back to society by volunteering in a clinical research study.

The Declaration of Helsinki was recently revised to require that the control arm of a trial use the current standard of care, even if that standard is not generally available in developing nations where the research is being conducted.

Those conducting Western-style clinical trial research in developing countries must consider the manner in which ethical principals are implemented within local standards of care.

The author discusses why the U.S. needs ethnically diverse medical professionals in order to stay competitive in the global economy.

Using children as research subjects is only ethical in very specific situations where the risk to the child is minimal.

Ethical and legal questions arise when public health research that provides a benefit to society at large can potentially cause harm to the subjects.

The AMA's Code of Medical Ethics' opinion on the use of databanks in genomic research requires informed consent by groups and individuals who are subjects of research.