Belmont Report Flashcards
The National Commission met from 1975-1978 and issued a series of reports on vulnerable populations, psychosurgery, IRBs, and other topics that included recommendations for regulating human subjects research. A final report was published in 1979 and is commonly referred to as?
The Belmont Report
Which of the following are the three principles discussed in theBelmont Report?
Respect for Persons, Beneficence, Justice
The Belmont Report’s principle of respect for persons incorporates at least two ethical convictions. Those are
All individuals should be treated as autonomous agents, Persons with diminished autonomy are entitled to protection.
How can be the principle of beneficence applied to a study employing human subjects?
Determining that the study has a maximization of benefits and a minimization of risks.
Ensuring the selection of subjects is equitable is an example of applying the principle of
Justice
Which act was signed in to law in 1974
The National Research Act
The National Research Act created
The Belmont Report
What is the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research charged with?
To identify the basic ethical principles that should underlie the conduct of biomedical and behavioral research involving human subjects and to develop guidelines which should be followed to assure that such research is conducted in accordance with those principles.
What is the purpose of the Belmont Report?
to provide ethical principles, boundaries between practice and research
What are the three applications of the Belmont Report?
“1) Informed Consent
2) Assessment of Risk and Benefits
3) Selection of Subjects”
What does research designate?
It designates an activity designed to test an hypothesis, permit conclusions to be drawn, and thereby to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge.
What two general rules have been formulated as complementary expressions of beneficent actions?
1) do not harm and 2) maximize possible benefits and minimize possible harm.
When does an injustice occur?
When some benefit to which a person is entitled is denied without good reason or when some burden is imposed unduly.
Informed Consent
Respect for persons requires that subjects, to the degree that they are eligible, be given the opportunity to choose what shall or shall not happen to them.
What are the three standards of informed consent?
1) Information, 2) Comprehension, and 3) Voluntariness.
