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Government Publishing Office [GPO]. (2020). 45CFR46: Electronic code of federal regulations.
This website allows you to review 45CFR46 which deals with the basic Department of Health and Human Services policies for protection of human research subjects, including additional protections for special populations.

Department of Health and Human Services. (2020a). Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP).
This website provide additional information on the protection of rights, welfare, and wellbeing of human subjects in research studies.

Department of Health and Human Services. (2020b). The Belmont Report: Ethical principles and guidelines for the protection of human subjects of research.
This report outlines the basic ethical pronciples that all social science researchers should follow, especially for biomedical and behavioral research.

Thunhurst, C., & Randall, S. (2010). Applied research: Building the evidence base for health sector development. International Journal of Therapy & Rehabilitation, 17(8), 398-404.
This article considers the nature of applied research with respect to the following: How does it differ from pure research, translational research, action research and/or monitoring and evaluation? Is the ‘opportunism’ of applied research compatible with ethical considerations?

Aicardi, C., Del Savio, L., Dove, E. S., Lucivero, F., Tempini, N., & Prainsack, B. (2016). Emerging ethical issues regarding digital health data. On the World Medical Association Draft Declaration on Ethical Considerations Regarding Health Databases and Biobanks. Croatian Medical Journal, 5(2), 207–213.

Granholm, C., & Svedmark, E. (2018). Research that hurts: Ethical considerations when studying vulnerable populations online (Chapter 33). In The SAGE handbook of qualitative research ethics (pp. 501-509).
This chapter is organized in four parts. First, what makes Internet research different from offline research? Second, th authors examine vulnerability, asking: Who is vulnerable? Who can judge? Is virtual vulnerability different from offline vulnerability? Third, authors discuss basic ethical assurances used in online research suggesting formal ethics approval is not a ‘green card'. Fourth, the authors turn the focus away from others’ vulnerability and question the ethics related to our own vulnerability.