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标题：Good intentions and dangerous assumptions: Research ethics committees and illicit drug use research
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作者：Kirsten Bell
期刊名称：Research Ethics
印刷版ISSN：1747-0161
电子版ISSN：2047-6094
出版年度：2012
卷号：8
期号：4
页码：191-199
DOI：10.1177/1747016112461731
出版社：SAGE Publications
摘要：Illicit drug users are frequently identified as a ‘vulnerable population’ requiring ‘special protection’ and ‘additional safeguards’ in research. However, without specific guidance on how to enact these special protections and safeguards, research ethics committee (REC) members sometimes fall back on untested assumptions about the ethics of illicit drug use research. In light of growing calls for ‘evidence-based research ethics’, this commentary examines three common assumptions amongst REC members about what constitutes ethical research with drug users, and whether such assumptions are borne out by a growing body of empirical data. The assumptions that form the focus of this commentary are as follows: (i) drug users do not have the capacity to provide informed consent to research; (ii) it is ethically problematic to provide financial incentives to drug users to participate in research; and (iii) asking drug users about their experiences ‘re-traumatizes’ and ‘re-victimizes’ them.
关键词：addiction ; drug users ; financial incentives ; informed consent ; monetary payments ; trauma