Category 14

Ethics and Informed Consent

9 topics planned. Each topic is published as a Professional and Patient edition only after explicit author approval.

14.1Ethical principles
In preparation
1. · Respect for persons
2. · Beneficence
3. · Nonmaleficence
4. · Justice
5. · Scientific validity
6. · Transparency
14.2Tissue donation
In preparation
1. · Voluntary consent
2. · Maternal consent
3. · Privacy
4. · Genetic information
5. · Future research
6. · Commercial use
7. · Withdrawal limitations
14.3Research-participant protections
In preparation
1. · IRB review
2. · Risk minimization
3. · Fair recruitment
4. · Vulnerable populations
5. · Data monitoring
6. · Compensation for injury
14.4Therapeutic misconception
In preparation
1. · Research versus treatment
2. · Hope versus evidence
3. · Investigator language
4. · Participant expectations
5. · Commercial influence
14.5Patient-funded research
In preparation
1. · Scientific justification
2. · Financial conflicts
3. · Undue inducement
4. · Transparency
5. · Access inequality
6. · Data-quality concerns
14.6Informed-consent content
In preparation
1. · Experimental status
2. · Product source
3. · Manufacturing information
4. · Known risks
5. · Unknown risks
6. · Alternatives
7. · Costs
8. · Follow-up
9. · Injury management
14.7Conflicts of interest
In preparation
1. · Physician ownership
2. · Manufacturer relationships
3. · Referral fees
4. · Sponsored research
5. · Intellectual property
6. · Disclosure
14.8Equity and access
In preparation
1. · Trial diversity
2. · Geographic access
3. · Affordability
4. · Insurance coverage
5. · Global disparities
6. · Post-trial access
14.9Special ethical topics
In preparation
1. · Embryonic stem cells
2. · iPSCs
3. · Genome editing
4. · Organoids
5. · Chimeras
6. · Stem-cell-based embryo models
7. · Reproductive applications