The ethical issues of research involving human beings contained in the editorial guidelines of Brazilian medical journals

Malafaia, Guilherme; Rodrigues, Aline Sueli de Lima; Talvani, André

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“…Studies have shown a tenuous participation of Brazilian journals in fulfilling the ethical aspects of human research, although more recently an improvement has been perceived 11,19,20,23,26,30,31,33 . The journals can contribute to the fulfillment of ethical issues by publishing only studies that satisfy the bioethical standards.…”

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Do Brazilian scientific journals promote the adherence of Chagas disease researchers to internacional ethical principals?

Malafaia

Guilhem

Talvani

2013

Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo

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SUMMARYThe ethical aspects of the Brazilian publications about human Chagas disease (CD) developed between 1996 and 2010 and the policy adopted by Brazilian medical journals were analyzed. Articles were selected on the SciELO Brazil data basis, and the evaluation of ethical aspects was based on the normative contents about ethics in research involving human experimentation according to the Brazilian resolution of the National Health Council no. 196/1996. The editorial policies of the section "Instructions to authors" were analyzed. In the period of 1996-2012, 58.9% of articles involving human Chagas disease did not refer to the fulfillment of the ethical aspects concerning research with human beings. In 80% of the journals, the requirements and confirmation of the information about ethical aspects in the studies of human CD were not observed. Although a failure in this type of service is still observed, awareness has been raised in federal agencies, educational institutions/research and publishing groups to standardize the procedures and ethical requirements for the Brazilian journals, reinforcing the fulfillment of the ethical parameters, according to the resolution of NHC no. 196/1996.

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Do Brazilian scientific journals promote the adherence of Chagas disease researchers to internacional ethical principals?

Malafaia

Guilhem

Talvani

2013

Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo

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The ethics in research involving humans reflected in journals' editorial guidelines: a constant reflection

Malafaia¹

2015

Revista Médica De Minas Gerais

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Recently, the Medical Journal of Minas Gerais published the article entitled "Ethics of editors of Brazilian journals: progress and challenges". 1 That work, when proposing to update the study by Sardenberg et al. 2 , revealed an advancement in the ethical conduct of the analyzed Brazilian scientific journals. These data certainly may suggest the evolution of posture and bioethical thinking of researchers concerning the fulfilment of ethical assumptions in research involving humans and the importance of editorial guidelines of medical journals to remain in line with the ethical assumptions established in the current Resolution CNS 466/2013. The data obtained by Sardenberg et al. 2 should be analyzed considering the early years of a new legislation (at the time, resolution CNS 196/1996 was in place for only three years) are characterized by a period of transition that is understood as a step of assimilation and acceptance of the new guidelines. That would justify the lack of any reference to ethical questions in the Instructions to Authors of more than 79% of the analyzed journals. On the other hand, the joint efforts of research institutions regarding the requirements for approval of studies by ethics research committees (CEP), and of researchers who have shown more assimilation and understanding of the importance to comply with ethical aspects, may have resulted from the increase in the number of journals complying with Resolution CNS 466/2013 as noted by Magalhães et al. 1 Conversely, the improvement of ethical approaches in the Instructions to Authors verified by Magalhães et al. 1 should be examined with caution. Some of our studies, for example, revealed that the number of journals that make little or no requirements in the fulfilment of ethical aspects in research with human beings for the publication of studies still remains significant. 3-6 Thus, there is a need for more balance between conscious ethics in institutions that develop their research attached to the Conep/MS system and national medical journals that convey their publications. Even if they are not supervisory bodies, the journals could cooperate even more by publishing only studies that meet ethical standards. Therefore, we suggest the attention of journals to aspects such as the instruction on the importance of accreditation of the CEP that approved the study in the Conep-CEP system, and the requirement of sending a copy of the approval protocol issued by the CEP. Rowan-Legg et al. 7 claim that adherence to ethical standards in editorial policies of journals that publish research with hu

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The ethical issues of research involving human beings contained in the editorial guidelines of Brazilian medical journals

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Do Brazilian scientific journals promote the adherence of Chagas disease researchers to internacional ethical principals?

Do Brazilian scientific journals promote the adherence of Chagas disease researchers to internacional ethical principals?

The ethics in research involving humans reflected in journals' editorial guidelines: a constant reflection

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