What Is Ethically Important in Clinical Research? A Preliminary Study of Attitudes of 73 Psychiatric Faculty and Residents

The ethical caliber of psychiatric research ultimately rests upon the shoulders of psychiatric clinicians and investigators who perform protocols and are directly responsible for the welfare of study volunteers. Little is known, however, about ethically relevant attitudes of psychiatrists toward hum...

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Published in:Schizophrenia bulletin 2003-01, Vol.29 (3), p.607-613
Main Authors: Roberts, Laura Weiss, Warner, Teddy D, Brody, Janet L, Nguyen, Khanh, Roberts, Brian B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Attitude
Biological and medical sciences
Biomedical Research - ethics
Biomedical Research - standards
Educational Personnel
Ethics, Clinical
Experimental Ethics
Experimental Subjects
Faculty, Medical
Female
Health staff related problems. Vocational training
Human
Humans
Internship and Residency
Male
Medical Residency
Medical sciences
Professional Ethics
Psychiatrists
Psychiatry - ethics
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Schizophrenia
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:The ethical caliber of psychiatric research ultimately rests upon the shoulders of psychiatric clinicians and investigators who perform protocols and are directly responsible for the welfare of study volunteers. Little is known, however, about ethically relevant attitudes of psychiatrists toward human research. Working as part of a larger study, we surveyed all psychiatry faculty and residents at one institution in 1999 regarding the relative importance of 12 elements in the ethical conduct of human research. Responses of 73 participants were analyzed, and three factors emerged: Safeguards and Scientific Merit, Investigator Integrity and Relationship, and Patient Benefit. Safeguards and Scientific Merit, as a set, were the most salient considerations for both psychiatry faculty and residents. We found that residents placed greater importance on all factors and nearly every element than did faculty. Future research is needed to clarify the understanding of the perspectives and priorities of different stakeholders involved in human studies.
ISSN:0586-7614
1745-1701
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a007032