THE THERAPEUTIC MISCONCEPTION - INFORMED CONSENT IN PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH
THE THERAPEUTIC MISCONCEPTION - INFORMED CONSENT IN PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH
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DOI:
10.1016/0160-2527(82)90026-7
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
LIDZ, C
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作者:
APPELBAUM, PS;ROTH, LH;LIDZ, C
The process by which informed consent has become an accepted part of medical and psychiatric research is reflected in the evolution of the voluminous professional literature on the subject. Early papers, focusing on the existence of ethically improper research,’soon gave way to discussions of informed consent as a tool for satisfying ethical imperatives and protecting research subjects. 2 Researchers themselves weighed in next with concerns about the impact of informed consent on the conduct of research. 3 At the same time, as federal regulations firmly established informed consent as an integral part of research with human subjects, a plethora of empirical studies began to appear. Some fought a rear guard action, challenging the applicability of the doctrine on the grounds that subjects could not comprehend or utilize the information researchers were now obliged to disclose; 4 others investigated a variety of approaches for improving subject comprehension. 5Conspicuous by the relative inattention it received in this process was a detailed consideration of the actual material to be disclosed to prospective research subjects. Accepting the ethical and legal importance of informed consent, what information must be communicated to achieve the desired ends? Many writers on the subject cite the items enumerated in the regulations of the US Department of Health and Human Services, which govern most research with human subjects in the United States, as if they provide a satisfactory answer to this question. Yet, the requirement that prospective subjects be pro-