Nuevos desafíos para los comités de bioética en investigación

Abstract

Ethics committees on biomedical research will need to review some of their tasks and orientations in the wake of recent modifications of the Declaration of Helsinki (Edinburgh, 2000). Whereas one interpretation accepts the universal validity of research guidelines, others believe that local conditions should allow adaptation of current norms to specific situations. We argue that a context-bound approach fails to adequately protect research subjects and flaws the general validity of research results. Biomedical trials will only be morally legitimate and scientifically reliable if investigators adhere to universally valid and impartial research guidelines, the standards of which should not be subject to local circumstances.