The right to withdraw from controlled human infection studies: Justifications and avoidance

The right to withdraw from research without penalty is well established around the world. However, it has been challenged in some corners of bioethics based on concerns about various harms—to participants, to scientific integrity, and to research bystanders—that may stem from withdrawal. These conce...

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Main Author: Lynch, Holly Fernandez (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2020]
In: Bioethics
Year: 2020, Volume: 34, Issue: 8, Pages: 833-848
IxTheo Classification:NCH Medical ethics
NCJ Ethics of science
Further subjects:B Bystander
B right to withdraw
B Consent
B human challenge trial
B completion bonus
B Penalty
B controlled human infection study
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