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Beckford, Louisa and Broome, Matthew R.. (2007) Ethics and the payment of research subjects. Psychiatry, Vol.6 (No.2). pp. 83-85. ISSN 1476-1793

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Abstract

Subjects, both healthy controls and patients, are reimbursed for their participation in research. This payment is referred to as inducement and medical ethicists consider inducement to be undue if it can lead to the subject not adequately considering the risks to themselves of taking part in the research or if they withhold information about themselves so as to meet the inclusion criteria for the study. Research has found that higher levels of payment do not necessarily lead subjects to disregard the risks of research, but can lead to them withholding information. Psychiatric patients taking part in research may present special difficulties. Therapeutic misconception is common among psychiatric patients and some psychiatric patients may lack the capacity to consent to take part in research.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Medical ethics, Research -- Moral and ethical aspects, Patient education
Journal or Publication Title: Psychiatry
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 1476-1793
Official Date: 2007
Volume: Vol.6
Number: No.2
Page Range: pp. 83-85
Identification Number: 10.1016/j.mppsy.2006.11.001
Status: Not Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
Description: Version submitted (pre-print, unpublished manuscript).
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URI: http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/110

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