Managing confidentiality in illicit drugs research: ethical and legal lessons from studies in remote Aboriginal communities
Managing confidentiality in illicit drugs research: ethical and legal lessons from studies in remote Aboriginal communities
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01539.x
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Conigrave, K.
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作者：
Clough, A.;Conigrave, K.
在非法药物研究中确保参与者的保密性对研究人员和伦理委员会都提出了法律的问题和挑战。临床医生也面临着类似的挑战。为了研究阿纳姆地（北领地）土著人使用大麻的情况，一种风险管理方法取得了成功。土著参与者被用他们自己的语言告知，如果他们透露有关非法行为的信息，就不能保证保密。研究人员回避了与执法部门内在利益有关的问题。研究人员和研究参与者之间的关系以及研究的完整性得到了保护。这些考虑因素对处理非法行为对健康影响的临床医生和研究人员都有意义。
Assuring participant confidentiality in illicit drugs research has raised legal questions and challenges both for researchers and ethics committees. There are similar challenges for clinicians. To study cannabis use in Aboriginal people in Arnhem Land (Northern Territory), a risk-management approach was successful. Aboriginal participants were informed in their own language that confidentiality could not be assured if they disclosed information about illegal behaviours. Researchers avoided questions of intrinsic interest to law enforcement. Relationships between researchers and study participants and the integrity of the study were preserved. These considerations have relevance for clinicians as well as researchers dealing with the influence of illicit behaviours on health.