Ethics

Question 1

Medical Ethics

Answer 1

• • justice
• • non-maleficence
• • beneficence
• • autonomy

Question 2

Research Ethics

Answer 2

• • respect for persons
• • justice
• • beneficence

Question 3

Justice

Answer 3

treating all patients equally

• • important when taking individuals from the general population to make study groups
• • adequate representation of population density
• • if studying a TARGET population, must have a SECONDARY population to round out diversity
• • allowed to have a target population if that target has a MORALLY RELEVANT DIFFERENCE (not race/socioeconomic status)

Question 4

Respect for Persons

Answer 4

consent and confidentiality

• • INFORMED CONSENT requires honesty and lack of deception
• • CONFIDENTIALITY: stored data safely, nothing in published data that can reveal subject identity

Question 5

Beneficence

Answer 5

• • benefit general population
• • benefit test subjects
• • avoid harmful methods
• • equipoise: treatments are equal