Abstract

GARCIA CESPEDES, María Eugenia; MONTOYA RIVERA, Jorge; VERDECIA ROSES, Miguel Ernesto  and  MACIAS NAVARRO, Meidys María. A critical look at the knowledge of research ethics in health professionals. MEDISAN [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.7, pp. 1072-1080. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive study was conducted in 30 professionals (physicians, nursing graduates and health technicians) involved in clinical research of "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" General Teaching Hospital of Santiago de Cuba, from September 2011 to the same month of 2012, in order to evaluate their knowledge of research ethics. The sample was selected through a stratified design proportional to the units of analysis, from a list of professionals with projects included in the Register of Research of the institution, and the information was obtained by applying a survey. Physicians and teaching categories of assistant professor and adjunct researcher prevailed in the case material; it was also found a low rate of scientific production in the respondents. It was concluded that there were deficiencies in basic skills related to research ethics, which could have counterproductive consequences in developing clinical trials

Keywords : knowledge; health professionals; research ethics; clinical research; secondary health care.

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