Zika virus, influenza, and Ebola have called attention to the ways in which infectious disease
outbreaks can severely–and at times uniquely–affect the health interests of pregnant women …

Drawing on a discourse analysis of emotions in national human research ethics guidelines
from Australia, Singapore, the United Kingdom and United States, I argue that such …

Scanty evidence exists about the safety and effectiveness of drugs—and of their efficacious
dosing—that women may need to treat acute and chronic health issues during their …

A new study published in Journal of Medical Ethics by van der Zande et al 1 further
highlights why classifying pregnant women as a 'vulnerable population'in the context of …

Pregnancy is a frequently applied exclusion criteria for many forms of research. Common
justifications for this exclusion include the potential for teratogenicity, as well as the potential …

Choosing to act within a precautionary paradigm is often the smart choice for pregnant
women and for healthcare practitioners and researchers who interact with them. However …

Background Research ethics guidelines and emphasis on representation in research guide
the inclusion of marginalized groups, including people with perinatal opioid use disorders …

I examine how equipoise and uncertainty ought to be managed in ethically sound and
scientifically valid clinical research involving pregnant women. Drawing on recent work in …

HIV/AIDS is among the most serious diseases confronting women who are pregnant. It is
also one of the few areas of research involving humans where there is a long track record of …

In this chapter we examine ways in which research ethics committees can appropriately
conduct ethics review of clinically important trials pertaining to the management of medical …