Vulnerable Populations

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Authors: Weijer, C
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Accountability in Research
Abstract: Discusses challenges associated with research involving the vulnerable sick, including deciding who among the ill count as vulnerable, and the need to include protections, including enrolling subjects in a study only with a strong j...
Year: 1999
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11657560
DOI: 10.1080/08989629908573940

Authors: Eckenwiler, L ; Levine, C ; Sugarman, Jeremy ; Hammerschmidt, D ; Faden, Ruth R. ; Grady, C
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: American Journal of Bioethics
Abstract: This article examines the concept of vulnerability in research ethics, and discusses how different regulations and policy documents have dealt with the concept of vulnerability, either as an inability to give informed consent or emp...
Year: 2004
DOI: 10.1080/15265160490497083

Authors: Gostin, LO
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
Abstract: Discusses the history , ethics and regulatory issues involved when using prisoners in biomedical research. Suggests safeguards that should be put in place to promote responsible research and to reduce risks to participating prisoner...
Year: 2007
URL: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=976413

Authors: Dresser, R
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: JAMA
Abstract: The author explores how U.S. regulatory policy falls to resolve many ethical issues inherent in research involving mentally disabled adults, and the many areas that must be addressed by investigators and institutional review boards ...
Year: 1996
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=8667543

Authors: Millum, Joseph ; Emanuel, Ezekiel J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science
Abstract: The article discusses the ethical issues, such as standards of care, informed consent, and posttrial benefits, which are posed in the context of substantial healthcare inequalities. It cited the Bucharest Early Intervention Project ...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1126/science.1153822

Authors: Fisher, Celia B. ; Buchanan, David Ross ; Gable, Lance
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book offers social scientists regarding their ethical and legal responsibilities to respond appropriately to threats of harm that may arise during the course of data collection, especially when dealing with high-risk population...
Year: 2009

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-07-14 13:36

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In the United States, virtual sexualized depictions of children are not illegal as long as no actual children are involved. These images, referred to as "virtual child pornography" must be distinguished from digital manipulations of...
Year: 2010
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/CGI%20Child%20Porn.pdf

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: As concern over illegal immigration has become a hot topic in U.S. politics, some have begun to question the wisdom of granting automatic citizenship for anyone born on U.S. soil. Opponents of citizen-by-birth provisions argue that...
Year: 2010
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Children%20Illegal.pdf

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Democratic assemblywoman Sally Lieber of Mountain View California has proposed legislation to prohibit spanking a child three years or younger. While this type of legislation is novel in the United States, spanking laws are the norm...
Year: 2010
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Spanking.pdf

Authors: Schmidt, Matthias H. ; Downie, Jocelyn
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Accountability in Research: Policies & Quality Assurance
Abstract: In this article,the authors focus on recent information about the physical risks of pediatric magnetic resonance imaging research and highlight information gaps, and the potential dangers posed to children participating in this kid...
Year: 2009
DOI: 10.1080/08989620902984106

Authors: Kenny, Nuala ; D'Arcy, Ryan ; Hadskis, Michael ; Downie, Jocelyn ; Schmidt, Matthias H.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Accountability in Research: Policies & Quality Assurance
Abstract: Neuroimaging research has brought major advances to child health and well-being. However, because of the vulnerabilities associated with neurological and developmental conditions, the parental need for hope, and the expectation of p...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1080/08989620801946917

Authors: Wilson, Mark
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IRB: Ethics & Human Research
Abstract: The article focuses on research ethics and regulatory climate in Canada. The legal validity of research involving persons unable to provide consent is addressed in the article. The rights and welfare of research subjects have been h...
Year: 2005

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-28 14:29

Authors: Hall, Wayne ; Carter, Adrian
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Accountability in Research: Policies & Quality Assurance
Abstract: In addiction, impaired control over drug use raises questions about the capacity of addicted persons to consent to participate in research studies in which they are given their drug of addiction. the authors review the case for doin...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1080/08989620802388689

Authors: Rosoff, Philip M.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IRB: Ethics & Human Research
Abstract: The article discusses several issues related to clinical trials. The goal of human clinical trials is to identify safe and effective therapies. To justify exposing individuals to the risks of new interventions physicians often balan...
Year: 2004

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-28 14:25

Authors: Stroustrup, Annemarie ; Kornetsky, Susan ; Joffe, Steven
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IRB: Ethics & Human Research
Abstract: The article discusses the study on knowledge of regulations governing pediatric research protocols in the U.S. The study evaluated self-reported preparedness for clinical research review, both in general and with respect to pediatri...
Year: 2008

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-28 14:27

Authors: Salas, Halle Showalter ; Aziz, Zuraya ; Villareale, Nanci ; Diekema, Douglas S.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IRB: Ethics & Human Research
Abstract: The article focuses on the establishment of the Research and Family Liaison (RFL) position and its role in enhancing the informed consent process when children are participants in medical research. It states that main function of RF...
Year: 2008

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-28 14:26

Authors: Fisher, Celia B. ; Kornetsky, Susan Z.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IRB: Ethics & Human Research
Abstract: The article focuses on the recommendations for the review of children's research requiring the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Secretary's approval. If an Institutional Review Board (IRB) determines that...
Year: 2005

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-28 14:18

Authors: Henry, James ; Palmer, Barton W. ; Palinkas, Lawrence ; Glorioso, Danielle Kukene ; Caligiuri, Michael P. ; Jeste, Dilip V.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IRB: Ethics & Human Research
Abstract: The article offers a description of the reaction and preference of a layperson who underwent a multimedia-aided consent process for a hypothetical clinical trial. It informs that the trial involved several participants who have seve...
Year: 2009

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-28 14:19

Authors: Fisher, Celia B. ; Oransky, Matthew ; Mahadevan, Meena ; Singer, Merrill ; Mirhej, Greg ; Hodge, Derrick
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IRB: Ethics & Human Research
Abstract: The article examines the understanding of clinical trial information and expectations about randomized controlled trials in a population of active and recent drug users to participate in addiction research. It focuses on the commitm...
Year: 2008

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-28 14:18

Authors: Glass, Kathleen Cranley
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IRB: Ethics & Human Research
Abstract: The article reviews the book "Ethics and Research with Children: A Case-Based Approach," edited by Eric Kodish....
Year: 2006

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-28 14:18

Authors: Bravo, Gina ; Dubois, Marie-France ; Pâquet, Mariane ; Langlois, Fabienne ; Bernier, Jean-Pierre
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IRB: Ethics & Human Research
Abstract: Focuses on the study determining the knowledge of the physicians regarding substitute consent for incapacitated adults in Quebec. Treatment of the patients suffering from cognitive diseases; Provisions of medical care; Lack of decis...
Year: 2004

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-28 14:15

Authors: Kass, Nancy E. ; Black, Betty S. ; Rabins, Peter V. ; Fogarty, Linda A.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IRB: Ethics & Human Research
Abstract: The article reports on the increase in number of elders who are affected by dementia, a mental deterioration of organic or functional origin, in the U.S. This increase implies that there is a need for the development of treatment es...
Year: 2007

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-28 14:15

Authors: Bravo, Gina ; Dubois, Marie-France ; Paquet, Mariane
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IRB: Ethics & Human Research
Abstract: Focuses on the growth in the number of individuals suffer from diseases that impair the decision-making capacity. Efforts of researchers to identify the causes of the diseases; Recognition of ethical dilemma that arises in conductin...
Year: 2004

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-28 14:15

Authors: Henderson, Gail E. ; Davis, Arlene M. ; Easter, Michele M.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IRB: Ethics & Human Research
Abstract: The article examines how researchers keep their promise of confidentiality and how that promise is sometimes challenged during primary data collection. It is noted that researchers promise confidentiality because their purpose is to...
Year: 2004

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-28 14:17