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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1136/jme.2002.000166" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://doi.org/10.1136/jme.2002.000166</a>
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Research ethics committees and paternalism
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Journal Of Medical Ethics
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2004
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Humans; Mental Competency; Paternalism; Risk Assessment; Research; Informed Consent; Moral Obligations; Altruism; Ethics Committees; Biomedical and Behavioral Research
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Edwards SJ; Kirchin S; Huxtable R
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In this paper the authors argue that research ethics committees (RECs) should not be paternalistic by rejecting research that poses risk to people competent to decide for themselves. However it is important they help to ensure valid consent is sought from potential recruits and protect vulnerable people who cannot look after their own best interests. The authors first describe the tragic deaths of Jesse Gelsinger and Ellen Roche. They then discuss the following claims to support their case: (1) competent individuals are epistemologically and ethically in the best position to say which risks are reasonable for them, so RECs should be no more restrictive than the "normal" constraints on people taking risks with themselves; (2) RECs do not judge individual competence (that is for researchers and psychiatrists); (3) individual liberty is mostly limited by what serves the public interest, and RECs do not determine public interest; (4) RECs may have a paternalistic role in preventing exploitation of competent people vulnerable to the use of incentives, and in protecting the interests of incompetent people; however, (5) the moral and political authority of RECs has not been established in this respect.
2004
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1136/jme.2002.000166" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1136/jme.2002.000166</a>
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2004
Altruism
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Biomedical and Behavioral Research
Edwards SJ
Ethics Committees
Humans
Huxtable R
Informed Consent
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Journal of Medical Ethics
Kirchin S
Mental Competency
Moral Obligations
Paternalism
Research
Risk Assessment