The Ethical Analysis of Risks and Potential Benefits in Human Subjects Research: History, Theory, and Implications for U.S. Regulation

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

2000

Abstract

This paper addresses three questions central to the ethical analysis of risks and potential benefits in human subjects research:

1. How was the ethical analysis of risk understood by the members of the U.S. National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research (National Commission)?
2. What conceptual framework should guide the ethical analysis of risk?
3. What changes to U.S. regulations would the implementation of such a framework require?

Notes

This is a background paper prepared for the U.S. National Bioethics Commission (NBAC).
Dr. Charles Weijer is currently a faculty member at The University of Western Ontario.

Link to Full Text

Share

COinS