J Korean Med Sci.  2015 Jun;30(6):673-675. 10.3346/jkms.2015.30.6.673.

Reporting Results of Research Involving Human Subjects: An Ethical Obligation

• Alley AB
• Seo JW
• Hong ST

• KMID: 2160591
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2015.30.6.673

Abstract

Researchers have an ethical responsibility to report the results of research involving human subjects. Dissemination of results ensures that patient care is based on good science and that the field of medicine advances based on complete and accurate knowledge. However, current evidence suggests that publication is often neglected or substantially delayed, especially in the case of negative and inconclusive results. Researchers, editors and reviewers should value all high-quality research regardless of the conclusiveness of the results and ensure that all research involving human subjects is registered in a publicly accessible database.

Keyword

Ethics, Research; Results Reporting; Negative Results; Trial Registration

MeSH Terms

Clinical Trials as Topic/*ethics
*Ethics, Research
Human Experimentation/*ethics
Publishing/*ethics
Republic of Korea
*Research Report
Research Subjects

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