ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY
EDINBURGH LOCAL GROUP JOINT MEETING WITH THE SOCIAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
SCOTLAND
Wednesday 9 April 2003, 4-6pm, Room 1.26, Moray House, Holyrood Campus,
University of Edinburgh
Refreshments will be available from 3.30pm.
Ethics in Research: a question of perspective
Stephen Senn (University College London) highlights some provocative issues
around "The misunderstood placebo" in relation to the recent revision of
the Declaration of Helsinki on clinical trials.
Carol Horne (Scotland Multi-centre Research Ethics Committee) reflects on
ethics in practice in relation to her experience as a lay member of the
Ethics Committee.
There will also be a third speaker (tba) presenting a perspective on ethics
in the social sciences.
Non-members welcome. Please forward this email to any other parties who
may find such a meeting of interest, but are not members of this list.
Thanks.
Dave Signorini
RSS Edinburgh Local Group: http://www.bioss.ac.uk/rss/
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