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Institutional review boards’ attitudes towards remuneration in paediatric research: Ethical considerations
Author(s) -
Flege Marius M,
Thomsen Simon F
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/jpc.13711
Subject(s) - remuneration , medicine , dilemma , institutional review board , ethical dilemma , public relations , family medicine , psychiatry , finance , law , political science , business , philosophy , epistemology
Remuneration in paediatric research poses an ethical dilemma. Too large a sum might cause parents to enrol their children in research projects with no benefit for the child, whereas too modest a sum might hamper recruitment. The institutional review boards have the responsibility to only approve remuneration in paediatric trials with ethically sound research plans. However, little is known about which factors influence institutional review boards’ evaluation of remuneration in paediatric research.