Taking Names: The Ethics of Indirect Recruitment in Research on Sexual Networks

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 28 (2):159-164 (2000)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Evaluating the risks and anticipated benefits of medical, behavioral and, social research is a central function of institutional review boards. The calculation that IRBs undertake ultimately determines whether a particular research project involving human participants is permitted to proceed. In medical research the physical harms and even the anticipated benefits of a new procedure or drug are often apparent and quantifiable. In contrast, for social/behavioral research that may involve probing the most intimate feelings, thoughts, and actions of participants, the weighing of risks and anticipated benefits, the calculation of possible harms and the acceptability of that harm require a more intense level of scrutiny.Even the early step of identifying and recruiting participants for a research endeavor may potentially cause harm, making participant selection a focus of IRB analysis.

Other Versions

No versions found

Links

PhilArchive

    This entry is not archived by us. If you are the author and have permission from the publisher, we recommend that you archive it. Many publishers automatically grant permission to authors to archive pre-prints. By uploading a copy of your work, you will enable us to better index it, making it easier to find.

    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 102,546

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

The Ethical Analysis of Risk.Charles Weijer - 2000 - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 28 (4):344-361.
The Merits of Procedure-Level Risk-Benefit Assessment.Anna Westra & Inez de Beaufort - 2011 - IRB: Ethics & Human Research 33 (5):7-13.
Limits to research risks.F. G. Miller & S. Jofe - 2009 - Journal of Medical Ethics 35 (7):445-449.
Understanding risks and benefits in research on reproductive genetic technologies.Janet Malek - 2007 - Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 32 (4):339 – 358.

Analytics

Added to PP
2010-08-31

Downloads
37 (#628,072)

6 months
9 (#430,974)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

References found in this work

Principles of biomedical ethics.Tom L. Beauchamp - 1989 - New York: Oxford University Press. Edited by James F. Childress.
Social philosophy.Joel Feinberg - 1973 - Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,: Prentice-Hall.
Social Philosophy.Stephen Pink & Joel Feinberg - 1975 - Philosophical Review 84 (2):306.
World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki.[author unknown] - 1991 - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 19 (3-4):264-265.

Add more references