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The Therapeutic Misconception at 25: Treatment, Research, and Confusion
Author(s) -
Kimmelman Jonathan
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.2007.0092
Subject(s) - confusion , informed consent , psychology , research ethics , epistemology , psychotherapist , engineering ethics , alternative medicine , medicine , psychoanalysis , philosophy , psychiatry , pathology , engineering
“Therapeutic misconception” has been misconstrued, and some of the newer, mistaken interpretations are troublesome. They exaggerate the distinction between research and treatment, revealing problems in the foundations of research ethics and possibly weakening informed consent.