Research Ethics in the Arab Region

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Addresses the pressing issues involved with the ethical conduct and governance of research in the  Arab region. Includes contributions from both international and local  experts on ethical conduct in research, representing all stakeholders Presents research ethics issues that have relevance for health authorities, regulators, industry, and academia    

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Henry Silverman, MD, MA, is Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland, School of Medicine. He divides his time between caring for patients in the intensive care units, teaching medical ethics to students, residents and faculty, chairing the hospitals ethics committee, directing a training program in research ethics focused in the Middle East, and performing qualitative and quantitative research in research ethics. Dr. Silverman majored in biomedical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in 1974. He then studied medicine at The Johns Hopkins University (MD 1974) followed by a residency in internal medicine and a pulmonary and critical fellowship at The Johns Hopkins Hospital (1983). He then became a faculty member at the University of Maryland, School of Medicine. He received his MA Degree in Bioethics from Georgetown University in 1995. His teaching efforts have been recognized by several teaching awards, including the Senior Resident's Award for Teaching (1988),the Senior Medical Student's Award for Humanism in Medicine (2001), and the Master of Public Health Program Teaching and Mentoring Award (2013).

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