American Journal of Bioethics 5 (1):7 – 28 (2005)
Authors |
|
Abstract |
Contemporary research ethics policies started with reflection on the atrocities perpetrated upoconcentration camp inmates by Nazi doctors. Apparently, as a consequence of that experience, the policies that now guide human subject research focus on the protection of human subjects by making informed consent the centerpiece of regulatory attention. I take the choice of context for policy design, the initial prioritization of informed consent, and several associated conceptual missteps, to have set research ethics off in the wrong direction. The aim of this paper is to sort out these confusions and their implications and to offer instead a straightforward framework for considering the ethical conduct of human subject research. In the course of this discussion I clarify different senses of autonomy that have been confounded and present more intelligible justifications for informed consent. I also take issue with several of the now accepted dogmas that govern research ethics. These include: the primacy of informed consent, the protection of the vulnerable, the substitution of beneficence for research's social purpose, and the introduction of an untenable distinction between innovation and research.
|
Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) |
Categories | (categorize this paper) |
DOI | 10.1080/15265160590900678 |
Options |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Download options
References found in this work BETA
Truth and Truthfulness: An Essay in Genealogy.Bernard Williams - 2002 - Princeton: Princeton University Press.
View all 36 references / Add more references
Citations of this work BETA
Rethinking the Belmont Report?Phoebe Friesen, Lisa Kearns, Barbara Redman & Arthur L. Caplan - 2017 - American Journal of Bioethics 17 (7):15-21.
Trust Me, I’M a Researcher!: The Role of Trust in Biomedical Research.Angeliki Kerasidou - 2017 - Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 20 (1):43-50.
A Mobilising Concept? Unpacking Academic Representations of Responsible Research and Innovation.Barbara E. Ribeiro, Robert D. J. Smith & Kate Millar - 2017 - Science and Engineering Ethics 23 (1):81-103.
Are Concerns About Irremediableness, Vulnerability, or Competence Sufficient to Justify Excluding All Psychiatric Patients From Medical Aid in Dying?William Rooney, Udo Schuklenk & Suzanne van de Vathorst - 2018 - Health Care Analysis 26 (4):326-343.
Our Life Depends on This Drug: Competence, Inequity, and Voluntary Consent in Clinical Trials on Supervised Injectable Opioid Assisted Treatment.Daniel Steel, Kirsten Marchand & Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes - 2017 - American Journal of Bioethics 17 (12):32-40.
View all 60 citations / Add more citations
Similar books and articles
Informed Consent for Research in Borderline Personality Disorder.Rachel E. Dew - 2007 - BMC Medical Ethics 8 (1):1-4.
Research Without Consent: Exception From and Waiver of Informed Consent in Resuscitation Research.Michelle H. Biros - 2007 - Science and Engineering Ethics 13 (3):361-369.
Procedural Misconceptions and Informed Consent: Insights From Empirical Research on the Clinical Trials Industry.Jill A. Fisher - 2006 - Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 16 (3):251-268.
Participants' Understanding of the Process of Psychological Research: Informed Consent.Janet L. Brody, John P. Cluck & Alfredo S. Aragon - 1997 - Ethics and Behavior 7 (4):285 – 298.
Rethinking the Ethics of Clinical Research: Widening the Lens.Alan Wertheimer - 2010 - Oxford University Press.
Informed Consent, Exploitation and Whether It is Possible to Conduct Human Subjects Research Without Either One.Dave Wendler - 2000 - Bioethics 14 (4):310–339.
Are Research Participants Truly Informed? Readability of Informed Consent Forms Used in Research.James R. P. Ogloff & Randy K. Otto - 1991 - Ethics and Behavior 1 (4):239 – 252.
Emergency Research Without Consent Under Polish Law.Joanna Różyńska & Marek Czarkowski - 2007 - Science and Engineering Ethics 13 (3):337-350.
The Limits of Consent: A Socio-Ethical Approach to Human Subject Research in Medicine.Oonagh Corrigan (ed.) - 2009 - Oxford University Press.
Analytics
Added to PP index
2009-01-28
Total views
97 ( #119,006 of 2,498,760 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
1 ( #422,193 of 2,498,760 )
2009-01-28
Total views
97 ( #119,006 of 2,498,760 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
1 ( #422,193 of 2,498,760 )
How can I increase my downloads?
Downloads