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When Are Research Risks Reasonable In Relation To Anticipated Benefits?, Charles Weijer, Paul Miller
When Are Research Risks Reasonable In Relation To Anticipated Benefits?, Charles Weijer, Paul Miller
Charles Weijer
The question "When are research risks reasonable in relation to anticipated benefits?" is at the heart of disputes in the ethics of clinical research. Institutional review boards are often criticized for inconsistent decision-making, a problem that is compounded by a number of contemporary controversies, including the ethics of research involving placebo controls, developing countries, incapable adults and emergency rooms. If this pressing ethical question is to be addressed in a principled way, then a systematic approach to the ethics of risk in research is required. Component analysis provides such a systematic approach.
The Ethical Analysis Of Risk In Intensive Care Unit Research, Charles Weijer
The Ethical Analysis Of Risk In Intensive Care Unit Research, Charles Weijer
Charles Weijer
Research in the intensive care unit (ICU) is commonly thought to pose 'serious risk' to study participants. This perception may be at the root of a variety of impediments to the conduct of clinical trials in the ICU setting. Component analysis offers a promising approach to the ethical analysis of ICU research. Because clinical trials commonly involve a mixture of study interventions, therapeutic and nontherapeutic procedures must be analyzed separately. Therapeutic procedures must meet the requirement of clinical equipoise. Risks associated with nontherapeutic procedures must be minimized consistent with sound scientific design, and be deemed reasonable in relation to the …