Toward a General Theory of Research Ethics

On the one hand, based on the importance of personal autonomy, we require the informed consent of subjects who have decisional capacity, and provide special protections to those who lack such capacity. Franklin Miller and Alan Wertheimer have produced a rich, elegantly argued essay suggesting that m...

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Published inThe Hastings Center report Vol. 37; no. 3; p. 3
Main Author MENIKOFFF, JERRY
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2007
The Hastings Center
Hastings Center
Subjects
Analysis
Ethical aspects
Ethics, Research
Government regulation
Human experimentation in medicine
Human medical experimentation
Human subjects
Humans
Laws, regulations and rules
Medical ethics
Medical research
Models, Theoretical
Risk
Self-experimentation in medicine
United States
United States
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Summary:On the one hand, based on the importance of personal autonomy, we require the informed consent of subjects who have decisional capacity, and provide special protections to those who lack such capacity. Franklin Miller and Alan Wertheimer have produced a rich, elegantly argued essay suggesting that much of research ethics, as it relates to studies intended for adults with decisional capacity, can be derived from a single intriguing concept.
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Jerry Menikoff is associate professor of law, ethics, and medicine at the University of Kansas. His most recent book is
Oxford, 2006
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What the Doctor Didn't Say: The Hidden Truth about Medical Research
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ISSN:0093-0334
1552-146X
1552-146X
DOI:10.1353/hcr.2007.0043