Commentary: Physicians and the Risk of Malevolent Use of Research

Although research findings have always been subject to abuse, scientific advances and recent events have increased concern about the perils of some biomedical knowledge. The Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) addresses this potential in its guidelines for physician–researchers (PRs). The...

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Authors: Krohmal, Benjamin J. (Author) ; Sobolski, Gregory K. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2006
In: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 2006, Volume: 15, Issue: 4, Pages: 441-447
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Summary:Although research findings have always been subject to abuse, scientific advances and recent events have increased concern about the perils of some biomedical knowledge. The Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) addresses this potential in its guidelines for physician–researchers (PRs). The guidelines do not advance many novel ideas or provide substantive guidance for PRs. Advocacy for professionalism, weighing costs and benefits, and balanced oversight are uncontroversial and have been proposed before. The difficult task is to define what they require, and here the guidelines are vague. We discuss critically two issues that deserve careful attention.Authors contributed equally to this work. The views expressed herein are the authors' own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Public Health Service, or the Department of Health and Human Services.
ISSN:1469-2147
Contains:Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0963180106230561