Improving Informed Consent and Enhancing Recruitment for Research by Understanding Economic Behavior

The use of financial compensation as a recruitment tool in medical research continues to be debated on ethical grounds. Dunn and Gordon argue that economic forces operate regardless of how investigators choose to compensate research participants. The need to improve informed consent and enhance recr...

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Veröffentlicht in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2005-02, Vol.293 (5), p.609-612
Hauptverfasser: Dunn, Laura B, Gordon, Nora E
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The use of financial compensation as a recruitment tool in medical research continues to be debated on ethical grounds. Dunn and Gordon argue that economic forces operate regardless of how investigators choose to compensate research participants. The need to improve informed consent and enhance recruitment for research through acknowledging and understanding economic principles is emphasized.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.293.5.609