The Chicken or the Egg: Agency and Autonomy in Informed Consent
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- Abstract:
One of the fastest growing global markets is pharmaceutical sales. With changing political landscapes and an increased awareness of new customers worldwide, sales have increased in Eastern Europe, Asia, and especially Latin America. As researches expand into countries with poor socio-economic and political infrastructures, guidelines such as the Helsinki Declaration, the Nuremburg Code, and the Belmot principles are being challenged. Regulatory and ethical guidelines have not kept pace with the explosion of international research and the potential for such human research abuses is great. The most fundamental ethical principle of clinical research is the idea of respect for persons or the concept of autonomy. Autonomy, as used in research guidelines, must meet two criteria, that people need to be treated as autonomous agents
- Subject:
- Social Sciences
- Grade Level:
- Post-secondary
- Collection:
- Michigan State University