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Teaching Ethics, Fall 2007 |
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Belmont Report And Its Three Core Principles
Principlism is a moral approach based on judgments that are generally accepted by our cultural tradition and that are particularly relevant to biomedical ethics (See Table 1).
1.Respect for persons,
2.Beneficence, and
3.Justice.
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PRINCIPLES |
APPLICATIONS |
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Respect for Persons |
Informed Consent |
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Individuals should be |
1. Information |
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treated as autonomous |
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Procedures |
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agents. |
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Purpose |
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Persons with diminished |
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c. |
Risks and benefits |
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autonomy are entitled to |
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d. |
Alternatives |
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protection. |
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e. Opportunity to ask ques- |
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tions and to withdraw at |
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any time. |
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2. Comprehension |
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3. Voluntariness |
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Beneficence |
Assessment of Risks and |
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Human subjects should |
Benefit |
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not be harmed. |
1. The nature and scope of |
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Research should maximize |
risks and benefits. |
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possible benefits and mini- |
2. The systematic assessment |
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mize possible harms. |
of risks and benefits. |
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Justice |
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Selection of Subjects |
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The benefits and risks of |
There must be fair procedures |
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research must be distributed |
and outcomes in the selection |
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fairly. |
of research subjects both indi- |
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vidually and socially. |
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Table 1.