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Ethical aspects of vulnerability in research

In connection with research on humans, the term “vulnerability” is only appropriate to identify the special need for protection of certain sections of the population and individuals, if this term refers to the additional risk of certain groups of subjects. Authors who focus on the additional risk su...

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Autor principal: Weisser-Lohmann, Elisabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3510404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23205001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10202-012-0109-2
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description In connection with research on humans, the term “vulnerability” is only appropriate to identify the special need for protection of certain sections of the population and individuals, if this term refers to the additional risk of certain groups of subjects. Authors who focus on the additional risk suffering of a subject group when defining vulnerability succeed in considering the specific worthiness of protection in a context-sensitive way. The attempt to define the risk–benefit assessment for vulnerable subject groups on a binding basis faces considerable difficulties. This assessment depends both on the research situation and on the test subject. The normative aspect of this decision could be solved by referring to Rawl’s decision model of an original position. In cases where there is no benefit for the subject, arguments in the discussion of the risks and benefits that are based on a “group or overall benefit” and an “objective interest,” cannot be fully sustained.
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spelling pubmed-35104042012-11-30 Ethical aspects of vulnerability in research Weisser-Lohmann, Elisabeth Poiesis Prax Forum In connection with research on humans, the term “vulnerability” is only appropriate to identify the special need for protection of certain sections of the population and individuals, if this term refers to the additional risk of certain groups of subjects. Authors who focus on the additional risk suffering of a subject group when defining vulnerability succeed in considering the specific worthiness of protection in a context-sensitive way. The attempt to define the risk–benefit assessment for vulnerable subject groups on a binding basis faces considerable difficulties. This assessment depends both on the research situation and on the test subject. The normative aspect of this decision could be solved by referring to Rawl’s decision model of an original position. In cases where there is no benefit for the subject, arguments in the discussion of the risks and benefits that are based on a “group or overall benefit” and an “objective interest,” cannot be fully sustained. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2012-10-17 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3510404/ /pubmed/23205001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10202-012-0109-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2012 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.
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