Required reading:
Laake P., H.B. Benestad and B.R. Olsen. Research in Medical and Biological Sciences - From Planning and Preparation to Grant Application and Publication (2nd Edition). Amsterdam (2015): Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc.
Kindle edition: http://www.amazon.com/Research-Medical-Biological-Sciences-Preparation-ebook/dp/B00ZC90GWG/ref=mt_kindle?_encoding=UTF8&me=
Individual chapters: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780127999432
Other readings:
Biomedical laboratory Research:
Haakon B. Benestad & Jens-Gustav Iversen: An introduction to biomedical laboratory research, 1999
Theory of science, research ethics and science ethics:
Hofmann, Bjørn; Holm, Søren; Iversen, Jens Gustav Heber. Philosophy of Science. In: Research Methodology in the Medical and Biological Sciences. London: Elsevier 2007. ISBN 978-0-12-373874-5. p. 1-32
Holm, Søren. Ethics and Scientific Conduct. In: P Laake, HB Benestad and B Olsen: Research Methodology in the Medical and Biological Sciences. London: Elsevier 2007. ISBN 978-0-12-373874-5. p. 33-52.
Iversen BG, Hofmann B, Aavitsland P. Questions on causality and responsibility arising from an outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in Norway. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008; 5: 22. doi:10.1186/1742-7622-5-22
Hofmann, B. That's not science! The role of moral philosophy in the science/non-science divide. Theor Med Bioeth. 2007;28(3):243-56.
Hofmann B, Holm S, Myhr AI: Scientific dishonesty—a nationwide survey of doctoral students in Norway. BMC Medical Ethics 2013 14:3.