Health Sciences 2610F/G Lecture 6: Research Ethics

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2610F/G
• Professor: Ken Kirkwood

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Ethics & health: lecture 6 research ethics. Ethics & health: lecture 6 research ethics: 4 basic principles, respect for persons (autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence. Justice: do(cid:374)"t ig(cid:374)ore sustai(cid:374)ed dis(cid:272)ri(cid:373)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374) agai(cid:374)st o(cid:374)e type of perso(cid:374) ex. Parents of disabled children: privacy and confidentiality, justice and inclusiveness, balancing harms and benefits, non-maleficence, minimizing harm, maximizing benefits. If one becomes apparent, the researcher should refuse you: your consent to experimentation is not the same as it is for medical treatment, ex. #1 experiments on inmates: used to be very popular, ex. Psychological research on pedophiles: participation = social contact, brownie points for parole: ex. research funded by prison on drug addicts = negative consequences for not participating, ex. Ethics & health: lecture 6 research ethics: ca(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e a disad(cid:448)a(cid:374)taged group of people taki(cid:374)g risks while others are benefiting: how are you making the. Fundamental injustice in research; those that take the risk must benefit.