Abstract:
:Ethics committees now require that individuals give informed consent to much health services research, in the same way as for clinical research. This is misguided. Existing ethical guidelines do not help us decide how to seek consent in these cases, and have allowed managerial experimentation to remain largely unchecked. Inappropriate requirements for individual consent can institutionalise health inequalities and reduce access to services for vulnerable groups. This undermines the fundamental purpose of the National Health Service (NHS), and ignores our rights and duties as its members, explored here. Alternative forms of community consent should be actively pursued.
journal_name
J Med Ethicsjournal_title
Journal of medical ethicsauthors
Cassell J,Young Adoi
10.1136/jme.28.5.313keywords:
subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-10-01 00:00:00pages
313-7issue
5eissn
0306-6800issn
1473-4257journal_volume
28pub_type
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