Core Ethics for Health Professionals

Robert F. Phalen, PhD is a Professor in the Department of Medicine/Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Health Sciences, University of California, Irvine (UCI), California and co-director of the UCI Air Pollution Health Effects Laboratory. Although his primary areas of research are inhaled particle physics and the health effects of air pollution, he has considerable experience in ethics for health professionals. He chaired the UCI Institutional Review Board (for human research) for seven years, during which his committee reviewed about one thousand protocols, and dealt with many ethics problems. After that, he was a member of the UCI Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee for seven years (serving one year as chair of the Committee). Hundreds of protocols passed through that committee, and it was also involved in maintaining the institution's accreditation by the American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC).

Introduction.- Scandals.- Philosophical and Practical Ethics for health Professional.- Regulations, Guidelines and Policies.- Research Ethics.- Compliance and Online Ethics Training.- Professional Ethics.- Crimes Against Science, Scientists and Health Professionals.- Public Perceptions.- Unsolved Problems.- Better Future.