Table 1 The categories identified in the analysis
Subcategory | Main category | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
Value-based collaboration with human subjects | Collaboration by partners as a cornerstone of ethical clinical research | Collaborative partnership |
Multi-profession collaboration with the research site/organisation | ||
Collaboration and commitment to common goals in multi-centre research | ||
Collaboration that involves dialogue with an ethics committee | ||
Patient organisations as an important element linking patients, health-care professionals, and researchers | ||
Mutual collaboration between researchers and makers of health policy | ||
Mutual respect and equality between partners | Ways of fostering collaboration between partners | |
Fair benefits to the research site for participation | ||
Active involvement of researchers, along with regular contact and joint meetings | ||
Shared goals and clearly defined and recognised roles and responsibilities for the partners | ||
A collaborative organisational culture | ||
Generation of scientific knowledge | Clinical research’s multidimensional but not fully recognised meaning | Social value |
Improvements in infrastructure | ||
Well-trained and competent clinical staff and researchers | ||
Value for the local economy | ||
High-quality medical education and advancement of the scientific process | ||
Methods for evaluating the impact and quality of medical treatment | ||
The partly unrecognised meaning of clinical research | ||
Shared responsibility to plan and execute socially valuable clinical research | Ways to increase social value: shared responsibility | |
Greater transparency of clinical research | ||
Responsible and transparent dissemination of research findings and implementation in clinical practice and health-related policymaking | ||
Fairness in setting of future research priorities | ||
Increased community awareness surrounding the ethics-linked aspects of clinical research |