Research IntegrityThe David Reimer case

A 500 word report of the case, the issues that arise and the potential safeguards that could work to prevent reoccurrence of cases of a similar nature.

You should write an overview of the issue and then should you follow the Reflect on integrity issues for:

1- Explain how these conflict with European Guidelines.

2- Reflect how this issue might be dealt with under Ireland’s new policy.

Here are a few more links to the story about the issue:

http://www.shb-info.org/reimer3.html

http://www.isna.org/faq/reimer

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2004/06/gender_gap.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Money

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Reimer#Death

David Reimer – Possibly the most unethical study in psychological history

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