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Does consent bias research?
- Source :
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The American journal of bioethics : AJOB [Am J Bioeth] 2013; Vol. 13 (4), pp. 27-37. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Researchers increasingly rely on large data sets of health information, often linked with biological specimens. In recent years, the argument has been made that obtaining informed consent for conducting records-based research is unduly burdensome and results in "consent bias." As a type of selection bias, consent bias is said to exist when the group giving researchers access to their data differs from the group denying access. Therefore, to promote socially beneficial research, it is argued that consent should be unnecessary. After analyzing the biostatistics evidence and bioethics arguments, the article concludes that (1) claims about the amount of consent bias are overstated; (2) commonly used statistical methods usually can account for consent bias; and (3) any residual effects of consent bias are below an acceptable level of imprecision and constitute a reasonable social cost for conducting ethically responsible research.
- Subjects :
- Biomedical Research legislation & jurisprudence
Biomedical Research standards
Blood Donors psychology
Blood Donors statistics & numerical data
Ethical Theory
Ethics, Research
Exercise
Humans
National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division
Odds Ratio
Patient Selection
Public Policy trends
Research Design
Social Values
United States
Biological Specimen Banks ethics
Biomedical Research ethics
Informed Consent ethics
Personal Autonomy
Research Subjects psychology
Selection Bias
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1536-0075
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The American journal of bioethics : AJOB
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 23514393
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2013.767955