The belmont report principles and applications C4

A second provision for the Respect for Persons states that some people have less autonomy, what does this mean?

Some people are entitled to special protection when it comes to informed consent, such as children, developmental challenged, and prisoners

The Belmont Reports Principle of respect for persons includes 2 provisions what are they?

- individuals participating in research should be treated as autonomous agents - they should be free to make up their own minds about whether they wish to participate in a research study

Called the Belmont Report it is made up of 3 main principles for guiding ethical decision making what are they?

- respect for persons - beneficence - justice

In a study of a new drug for asthma, a researcher finds that the group receiving the drug is doing much better than the control group, whose members are receiving a placebo. Which principle of the Belmont Report requires the researchers to also give the control group the opportunity to receive the new drug? - informed consent - justice - beneficence - respect for persons

beneficence

The Belmont Principle of Respect for Persons also means that every participant is entitled to the precaution of Informed Consent, what is Informed Consent?

each person learns about the research project, knows the risk and benefits, and decides whether to participate

Which of the following is not one of the three principles of the Belmont Report? - respect for persons - justice - beneficence - fidelity

fidelity

In order to study a sample of participants from only one ethnic group, researchers must first demonstrate that the problem being studied is especially prevalent in that ethnic group. This is an application of which principle from the Belmont Report? - respect for persons - beneficence - special protection - justice

justice

The third main principle of the Belmont Report is the Principle of Justice, what is this?

this principle calls for a fair balance between the kinds of people who participate in research and the kinds of people who benefit from it. -researches must ensure that the participants involved in a study are representative of the kind of people who would benefit from its results - example the Tuskegee Syphilis study illustrated a violation of this principle

The second main principle of the Belmont Report is the Principle of Beneficence, what is this?

this principle states that researchers must take precautions to protect research participants from harm and to ensure their well being - example the Tuskegee Syphilis study failed to treat the participants in accordance with the principle of Beneficence