Paternalism No Problem

Three UK cases where women with breast cancer were participants in questionable medical research are described. These episodes seem to arise from a lack of respect for research subjects and a failure to recognize that research is an equal partnership between subject and researcher.

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Published in:The Hastings Center report 1992-03, Vol.22 (2), p.4-5
Main Author: Nicholson, Richard H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bioethics
Breasts
Cancer
Clinical Trials as Topic
Control Groups
Disclosure
Ethical aspects
Ethics Committees, Research
Ethics, Medical
Female
Human experimentation in medicine
Human medical experimentation
Humans
Informed Consent
Medical ethics
Medical research
Paternalism
Patient Selection
Prejudice
Research Subjects
Risk Assessment
Self-experimentation in medicine
Social Control, Formal
United Kingdom
Women
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Summary:Three UK cases where women with breast cancer were participants in questionable medical research are described. These episodes seem to arise from a lack of respect for research subjects and a failure to recognize that research is an equal partnership between subject and researcher.
ISSN:0093-0334
1552-146X
DOI:10.2307/3562557