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Jenkins, Simon Paul (2023) Offering lottery entry as an incentive for research participation compromises informed consent. Ethics & Human Research, 45 (3). pp. 18-28. doi:10.1002/eahr.500165 ISSN 2578-2363.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/eahr.500165
Abstract
This paper argues that offering entry into a lottery as an incentive to those who participate in research studies represents a challenge to the principle of informed, coercion-free consent that is considered an essential ingredient of permissible recruitment to studies. This is, first, because information about the chances of winning in this context is normally unavailable to potential participants and, without this, they cannot accurately weigh up the risks and potential benefits of participation. Second, even when this information is available, such an incentive capitalizes, I contend, on the difficulty of weighing up small probabilities, exploiting the fact that people tend to be beset by cognitive biases that make it challenging to make decisions rationally. The resulting conclusion is that we should not view lotteries as more ethical than simply paying participants, when the latter is feasible.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HF Commerce K Law [Moys] > KN Common Law, Private Law R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Human experimentation in medicine -- Moral and ethical aspects, Medical ethics, Medicine -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects, Medical protocols, Informed consent (Medical law) , Incentive awards -- Moral and ethical aspects | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Ethics & Human Research | ||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley | ||||||||
ISSN: | 2578-2363 | ||||||||
Official Date: | May 2023 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 45 | ||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 18-28 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1002/eahr.500165 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 6 December 2022 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 23 May 2023 | ||||||||
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