Psychiatric research has increased remarkably over recent decades to help in
understanding the current trends and better therapeutic options for illness. On the other …

Genetic engineering has emerged as a powerful mechanism for understanding biological
systems and a potential approach for redressing congenital disease. Alongside, the …

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Purpose Evaluation of the communication and informed consent process in phase I clinical
trial interviews to provide authentic, practice-based content for inclusion in a communication …

This paper introduces the term “structural coercion” to underscore the ways in which broader
social, economic, and political contexts act upon individuals to compel them to enroll as …

The promise of personalized medicine depends on the ability to integrate genetic
sequencing information into disease risk assessment for individuals. As genomic …

Purpose: To critically analyze studies published within the past decade about participants'
comprehension of informed consent in clinical research and to identify promising …

Nanomedicine shows tremendous promise for improving medical diagnosis, treatment, and
prevention, but it also raises a variety of ethical concerns. Because of the paucity of data on …

The therapeutic misconception has been seen as presenting an ethical problem because
failure to distinguish the aims of research participation from those receiving ordinary …

“Therapeutic misconception” has been misconstrued, and some of the newer, mistaken
interpretations are troublesome. They exaggerate the distinction between research and …