Slide 2:
“Ethical Considerations for Research Involving Prisoners”
Author: Institute of Medicine Committee on Ethical Considerations
Response to 1976 report
addressed the ethics of prisoner experimentation
Goal: Stick to respect for persons and justice while broadening experimentation rules
Respect For Persons…expanded :
Informed consent too restricting
Consent forms should
be just the first step:
Q&A
Time for Reflection
Third party advocates Respect For Persons…expanded
Risk: Not all about the money :
Risk-Benefit Analysis Change
Benefits stick to health benefits
NOT money
Concerns won’t be satisfied with just an informed consent document
Risk-Benefit method more flexible than current method Risk: Not all about the money
Ever-changing Justice :
In recent years, understanding
has change
“Emphasize the need to
ensure access to the potential
benefits that research has
to offer.” Ever-changing Justice
Slide 6:
Studies are usually comparing two different
benefits, not the result of inducing a disease No Yes
Not too weak, Not too strong :
Committee recommends a moderate-strength of protection for patients:
Protections are needed but they need not be rigid or absolute
Not a call for relaxation of ethics, just for trust in scientists Not too weak, Not too strong