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The E thics of ALTRUISM in C linical R esearch
Author(s) -
JANSEN LYNN A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.1353/hcr.0.0164
Subject(s) - altruism (biology) , social psychology , psychology , helping behavior , research ethics , psychiatry
If people sometimes participate in research because of altruism—because they want to help in the search for treatments—should we revise our views about what kinds of experiments are ethical? If participants act out of altruism, we might let them accept greater risks than we would if they are motivated only by a desire for personal gain. But how can we know when participants are genuinely altruistic?