| Literature DB >> 11726369 |
R P Strauss1, S Sengupta, S C Quinn, J Goeppinger, C Spaulding, S M Kegeles, G Millett.
Abstract
Ethical research involving human subjects mandates that individual informed consent be obtained from research participants or from surrogates when participants are not able to consent for themselves. The existing requirements for informed consent assume that all study participants have personal autonomy; fully comprehend the purpose, risks, and benefits of the research; and volunteer for projects that disclose all relevant information. Yet contemporary examples of lapses in the individual informed consent process have been reported. The authors propose the use of community advisory boards, which can facilitate research by providing advice about the informed consent process and the design and implementation of research protocols. These activities could help reduce the number of individual informed consent lapses, benefiting study participants and the scientific integrity of the research in question.Entities:
Keywords: Biomedical and Behavioral Research
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11726369 PMCID: PMC1446908 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.91.12.1938
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Public Health ISSN: 0090-0036 Impact factor: 9.308