Bioethics Consultation and Patient Advocacy Organizations: Expanding the Dialogue about Professional Conflicts of Interest
Bioethics Consultation and Patient Advocacy Organizations: Expanding the Dialogue about Professional Conflicts of Interest
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生物伦理学咨询和患者权益组织：扩大有关职业利益冲突的对话
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发表时间：
2006
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
R. Sharp
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作者：
M. Yarborough;R. Sharp
尽管生物伦理咨询一直招致批评人士的愤怒，但它向私营企业有偿咨询等领域的延伸引发了新的担忧。批评咨询公司与行业关系的人质疑营利性公司寻求道德建议的诚意，声称改善公共关系的愿望是这些公司的主要动机。他们还质疑，对道德建议的报酬是否会产生无法克服的利益冲突，从而影响研究成果。两个有影响力的专业学会决定成立一个联合工作组，审查与工业界进行的生物伦理咨询，这反映了对这种做法的这些和其他关切的严重性。尽管该工作组的报告存在争议，但它激发了关于生物伦理学家的道德承诺的广泛讨论，并强调了制定更明确的职业行为标准的必要性。作者感谢Alpha-1基金会总裁兼首席执行官John Walsh对早期草案的周到评论。内容完全是作者的责任。
Although bioethics consultation has always drawn the ire of critics, its extension into areas such as paid consultation with private industry has raised new concerns. Critics of consulting relationships with industry question the sincerity of for-profit corporations who seek ethical advice, alleging that a desire for improved public relations is a primary motivation of these corporations. They also question whether compensation for ethical advice creates insuperable conflicts of interest that bias the work produced. The decision of two influential professional societies to establish a joint task force to examine bioethics consultation with industry reflects the seriousness of these and other concerns about this practice. The report of this task force, although controversial, has stimulated broad discussion about the ethical commitments of bioethicists and highlighted the need for clearer professional standards of conduct.The authors thank John Walsh, President and CEO of the Alpha-1 Foundation, for his thoughtful comments on an earlier draft. The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors.