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C linical E thics C onsulting and C onflict of I nterest S tructurally I ntertwined
Author(s) -
MEYERS CHRISTOPHER
Publication year - 2007
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.2007.0030
Subject(s) - conflict of interest , incentive , independence (probability theory) , subject (documents) , psychology , work (physics) , public relations , engineering ethics , social psychology , business , political science , law , economics , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , statistics , mathematics , library science , microeconomics
Clinical ethical consultants are subject to an unavoidable conflict of interest. Their work requires that they be independent, but incentives attached to their role chip relentlessly at independence. This that they be independent, is a problem without any solution, but it can at least be ameliorated through careful management.