Abstract
Amid the doom and gloom surrounding the European Union‟s (EU) economic situation, one stream of activity gives cause for optimism: health research. Not only have recent changes made life much easier for health psychologists, but also the UK government wants to streamline all health research in the UK to make it more cost effective, if not profitable (Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, 2011). These improvements have been applauded by the research community. Indeed these improvements might even make the UK the country of choice for health-related research in the EU, something that would have been unthinkable six or seven years ago.
Highlights
Amid the doom and gloom surrounding the European Union‟s (EU) economic situation, one stream of activity gives cause for optimism: health research
Obvious is the degree to which psychologists appreciate the importance of ethics in research – the lessons learned from famous studies by Milgram and Zimbardo et al are drummed into the mind of every psychologist from the earliest stages of education in psychology
All psychologists in the EU are obliged to follow a code of ethics based on the guidelines described in the Declaration of Helsinki (World Medical Association, 2008), itself based on the Nuremberg Code (1949)
Summary
Amid the doom and gloom surrounding the European Union‟s (EU) economic situation, one stream of activity gives cause for optimism: health research. Ethical review is best handled by institutional (departmental or university-wide)
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