Ethical conduct of radiology research with human participants.
Innovations in the field of radiology have been and continue to be possible through research that includes patients or healthy volunteers, or both, as research subjects. This article describes the principles that guide the ethical conduct of research as well as the procedures by which those principles are implemented, with a focus on how the principles are relevant to human research in radiology. Furthermore, we describe particular ethical challenges that radiology researchers are likely to confront. These include distinguishing research endeavors from innovative treatment, determining the acceptability of randomization and placebos, compensating for the "therapeutic misconception" of research subjects, and deciding when to disclose test results and incidental findings from research to subjects. We offer suggestions for anticipating and resolving such issues.
Burger
Ingrid
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The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, The Phoebe R. Berman Bioethics Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. iburger1@jhmi.edu
Kass
Nancy
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D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000941:ethics*; D030881:Disclosure / Q000941:ethics*; D032984:Ethics, Research; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics*; D011871:Radiology / Q000941:ethics*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000941:ethics*; D014481:United States