Inducements revisited.

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 8704792 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0269-9702 (Print) Linking ISSN: 02699702 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Bioethics

Publication: Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell
Original Publication: Oxford ; New York : Basil Blackwell, c1987-

Ethics* ; Fees and Charges* ; Freedom* ; Human Experimentation* ; Motivation* ; Research Subjects* ; Risk* ; Risk Assessment*; Altruism ; Behavioral Research ; Biomedical Research ; Commodification ; Contracts ; Economics ; Ethics Committees ; Ethics Committees, Research ; Financial Support ; Gift Giving ; Humans ; Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation ; Patient Selection ; Poverty ; Research ; Research Personnel ; Researcher-Subject Relations ; Social Change ; Social Justice ; Volunteers

The paper defends the permissibility of paying inducements to research subjects against objections not covered in an earlier paper in Bioethics. The objections are that inducements would cause inequity, crowd out research, and undesirably commercialize the researcher-subject relationship. The paper shows how these objections presuppose implausible factual and/or normative claims. The final position reached is a qualified defence of freedom of contract which not only supports the permissibility of inducements but also offers guidance to ethics committees in dealing with practical problems that might arise if inducements are offered.

Indexing Agency: KIE Local ID #: 61672.
Keywords: Analytical Approach; Biomedical and Behavioral Research
Note: 21 fn. Note: KIE BoB Subject Heading: human experimentation

Date Created: 20011020 Date Completed: 19990922 Latest Revision: 20191105

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