PAP CODE OF ETHICS Flashcards
- before beginning any research work in community not our own or not familiar to us, we obtain essential information about their mores, culture, social structure, customs and traditions
- We respect the rights of research participants should they wish to discontinue their participation at any time. We are responsive all throughout the research to participants non-verbal indications of a desire to withdraw from participation, especially if the person has difficulty with verbal communication, is a young child, or is culturally unlikely to communicate
- It is our duty to ask participants about any factors that could bring forth potential harm, such as pre-existing medical conditions, and to detect, remove, or correct any foreseeable undesirable consequences prior to research proper
INFORMED CONSENT
1. We do not just ask participants to sign in the consent form; we recognized that informed consent happens due to the willingness of the participants to work collaboratively with us
- we make sure that the consent form is translated in langugae or dialect that the participants understand. We will take reasonable measures to guarantee that the information was understood
INFORMED CONSENT
3. when we conduct research with persons below 18 years of age, we obtain informed assent from them and informed consent from their parents or legal guardian
- When we conduct research with adult participants who have difficulties in comprehension or communication, we obtain informed consent from adult family members of the participants and approval from independent advisors
- When we conduct research with detained persons, we pay attention to special circumstances which could affect the latter’s ability to give informed consent
6 It is our duty to inform research participants about
A. The purpose of research, expected duration and procedures
B. Mutual responsibilities
C. Their right to decline
D. The foreseeable consequences of declining
E. Factors that may be expected to influence their willingness to participate such as potential risk, discomfort
F. How to rescind consent if desired
G. Any prospective research benefits
H. Protection and limits of confidentiality
I. Incentives for participation
J. Whom to contact for questions
K. Contact details of medical professionals if experience distressed
- When conducting intervention research using experimental treatments, it is our duty to clarify to participants at the beginning of research
A. Experimental nature of the treatment
B. Services that will or will not be available to the control group
C. Means by which assignment to treatment and control groups will be made
D. Available treatment alternative if an individual does not wish to participate in the research or wishes to withdraw once a study has begun
E. Compensation for monetary costs of participating, including wether reimbursement from participant or a third party payor will be sought
INFORMED CONSENT
8. In longitudinal research, we may need to obtain informed consent on more than one occasion
INFORMED CONSENT FOR RECODING VOICES AND IMAGES
- It is our duty to obtain informed consent from research participants before recording their voices or images except when.
A. The research consist of NATURALISTIC OBSERVATION in public places
B. the research design includes DECEPTION and consent for the use of recording is obtained during debriefing
DECEPTION
1. We refrain from conducting research involving deception except,
A. When we have determined that the use of deceptive techniques is justified by the study’s significant prospective scientific, educational, medical or applied value
B. When effective non-deceptive alternative procedures are not possible
DECEPTION IN RESEARCH
- we do not deceived prospective participants about our study that is reasonably expected to interfere with their decision to give informed consent. We ensure that the level of risk, discomfort, or inconvenience that could cause physical pain or severe emotional distress is not witheld from the participants
