Procedural misconceptions and informed consent: insights from empirical research on the clinical trials industry.

Full Abstract

This paper provides a simultaneously reflexive and analytical framework to think about obstacles to truly informed consent in social science and biomedical research. To do so, it argues that informed consent often goes awry due to procedural misconceptions built into the research context. The concept of procedural misconception is introduced to describe how individuals respond to what is familiar in research settings and overlook what is different. In the context of biomedical research, procedural misconceptions can be seen to function as root causes of therapeutic misconceptions.

Author information

Author/s: Fisher, Jill A (JA);

Affiliation: Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes, Arizona State University, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article

Journal: Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal (Kennedy Inst Ethics J), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Sep; vol 16 (issue 3) : pp 251-68

Dates: Created 2006/11/08; Completed 2006/12/06; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 17091560, status: MEDLINE (last retrieved date: 2/18/2009)

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