?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+need+for+'good+clinical+practice'+in+health+care+research&rft.creator=Noorzurani%2C+Robson&rft.creator=Aziz%2C+N.&rft.creator=Abdul+Aziz%2C+A.+F.&rft.creator=Abd+Hamid%2C+Mohd+Z.&rft.creator=Mohamed%2C+M.&rft.creator=Othman%2C+S.&rft.creator=Hussein%2C+N.&rft.subject=Clinical+Psychology&rft.subject=Social+Psychology&rft.description=Randomised+controlled+trials+form+the+foundation+for+'evidence-based-medicine'%2C+but+the+results+of+such+research+can+be+relied+upon+only+if+it+was+conducted+according+to+principles+and+standards+collectively+referred+to+as+'Good+Clinical+Practice'+(GCP).+The+GCP+was+established+as+a+basis+both+for+the+scientific+and+ethical+integrity+of+research+involving+human+subjects+and+for+generating+valid+observations+and+sound+documentation+of+research+findings.+It+provides+a+framework+for+clinical+investigators+and+pharmaceutical+companies+to+conduct+clinical+trials+according+to+similar+rules+and+regulations%2C+to+ensure+clinical+research+is+consistently+performed+to+high+ethical+and+scientific+standards+and+an+assurance+that+the+data+and+reported+results+are+credible+and+accurate%2C+and+that+the+rights%2C+integrity%2C+and+confidentiality+of+trial+subjects+are+protected.+Thus+the+GCP+protects+the+rights%2C+safety+and+well-being+of+subjects+and+ensures+that+investigations+are+scientifically+sound+and+advance+public+health+goals.&rft.date=2009&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8256%2F1%2F1543&rft.identifier=++Noorzurani%2C+Robson+and+Aziz%2C+N.+and+Abdul+Aziz%2C+A.+F.+and+Abd+Hamid%2C+Mohd+Z.+and+Mohamed%2C+M.+and+Othman%2C+S.+and+Hussein%2C+N.++(2009)+The+need+for+'good+clinical+practice'+in+health+care+research.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8256%2F