Respect for autonomy has become a fundamental principle in human research ethics. Nonetheless, this principle and the associated process of obtaining informed consent do have limitations. This can lead to some groups, many of them vulnerable, being left understudied. This book considers these limitations and contributes through legal and philosophical analyses to the search for viable approaches to human research ethics. It explores the limitations of respect for autonomy and informed consent both in law and through the examination of cases where autonomy is lacking (infants), diminished (addicts), and compromised (low socio-economic status). It examines alternative and complementary concepts to overcome the limits of respect for autonomy, including beneficence, dignity, virtue, solidarity, non-exploitation, vulnerability and self-ownership. It takes seriously the importance of human relationality and community in qualifying, tempering and complementing autonomy to achieve the ultimate end of human research - the good of humankind.
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'The strength of this volume is its timeliness and humanistic core, as manifested in the deep concern for the good of humankind, which must serve, the authors agree, as the goal of human research. This book is recommended for scholars and practitioners interested in bioethics, legal studies, and research methodologies and regulation.' M. Uebel, Choice
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Worked examples or Exercises; 5 Tables, black and white
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Höhe: 235 mm
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Dicke: 17 mm
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978-1-108-49190-7 (9781108491907)
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David G. Kirchhoffer is Director of the Queensland Bioethics Centre at the Australian Catholic University's Brisbane Campus. He holds a Ph.D. from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and an M.Phil. from St Augustine College of South Africa. He is the author of Human Dignity in Contemporary Ethics (2013). Bernadette J. Richards is Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Research Unit for the Study of Society, Ethics and the Law at the University of Adelaide, and a member of the Australian Health Ethics Committee. She is a chief investigator of a current NHMRC-funded Partnership Grant exploring advance care planning and is currently writing a book entitled Technology, Healthcare and the Law: An evolving relationship (forthcoming).
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University of Adelaide
Introduction. The limits of respect for autonomy David G. Kirchhoffer; Part I. Exploring Problems of Respect for Autonomy in Bioethics, Law and Society: 1. Autonomy and the law: widely used, poorly defined Bernadette J. Richards; 2. Lack of autonomy: debates concerning research involving children Thomas H. Murray; 3. Diminished autonomy: consent and chronic addiction Steve Matthews and Jeanette Kennett; 4. Compromised autonomy: social inequality and issues of status and control S. Stewart Braun; Part II. The Search for Alternative or Complementary Concepts Surrounding Autonomy: 5. Self-ownership in research ethics Garrett Cullity; 6. Beneficence in research ethics David G. Kirchhoffer, Christi D. Favor and Christopher D. Cordner; 7. Dignity, being and becoming in research ethics David G. Kirchhoffer; 8. Virtues in research ethics: developing an empirically-informed account of virtues in biomedical research practice Justin Oakley; Part III. Beyond Autonomy: Turning to the Community to Protect the Individual: 9. Duties of shared membership in research ethics Jose Miola; 10. Engaging communities in human research in the Global South Anita Ho; 11. Reducing shared vulnerabilities to data misuse Wendy Rogers.
