Group benefit and protection of pediatric research subjects: Grimes v. Kennedy Krieger and the Lead Abatement Study.
The Maryland Court of Appeals in Grimes v. Kennedy Krieger Institute was sharply critical of the lead abatement study conducted by this Institute, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University. Grimes ruled that investigators might, given the facts of the case, have a special relationship with subjects, thereby creating a duty of care that could, if breached, give rise to an action in negligence. This ruling has implications for pediatric research practices and long-standing disputes among informed people of good will about what pediatric studies should be permitted.
Kopelman
Loretta M
LM
Department of Medical Humanities, Brody School of Medicine, 600 Moye Blvd., Greenville, NC 27858, USA.
D015142:Baltimore; D002648:Child; D035082:Federal Government; D006076:Government; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007855:Lead Poisoning; D008396:Maryland; D033281:Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D015871:Scientific Misconduct; D014481:United States
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