[Conflicts of interests in clinical research in primary health care].
Conflicts of interests between professionals and patients in biomedical research, is an ethical problem. None of the laws in Spain mention whether the clinical researcher has to clarify to participants the reasons why it proposes them to participate in a clinical trial. In this article, conflicts of interests in research are discussed in the context of primary healthcare. In this area conflicts of interests might alter the confidence between patients and healthcare professionals. Finally, we suggest some practical strategies that can help participants make the decision to participate in a clinical trial more willingly and freely.
Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria, Centro de Atención Primaria Les Corts, Grupo Transversal en Investigación en Atención Primaria-IDIBAPS, Barcelona. España; Departamento de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallés, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: gonzalezdepaz@hotmail.com.
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Departamento de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallés, Barcelona, España.
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Navarro-Rubio
Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria, Centro de Atención Primaria Les Corts, Grupo Transversal en Investigación en Atención Primaria-IDIBAPS, Barcelona. España.
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D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000941:ethics; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000941:ethics*; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000941:ethics; D006801:Humans; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000941:ethics*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D013030:Spain
Atención primaria; Clinical research; Conflict of interests; Conflicto de intereses; Ethics; Investigación clínica; Primary healthcare; Ética profesional