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Published on: January 12, 2018
Ethical issues in the conduct of research at a multidisciplinary clinic
Jennifer Larsen1, Andy McMillin
1Speech-Language Pathology Services, Artz Center for Developmental Health and Audiology, Portland, Oregon, USA. jennyl@artzcenter.org
Abstract:
We describe the process our interdisciplinary clinic used to create an institutional policy regarding research participant recruitment from among our client base. We demonstrate how certain elements of the client-clinician relationship can lead to inadvertent ethical quandaries in research recruitment, including implicit coercion and fostering of "therapeutic misconception." Our internal policy deliberations focused on five central dilemmas, each requiring a careful evaluation of ethical principles. Interpersonal and cross-disciplinary differences of opinion required a delicate balance among competing priorities. The final policy represents our attempt to resolve these ethical paradoxes in a way that allows us to support and pursue valuable clinician-researcher partnerships while prioritizing both our clients' clinical care and their rights to autonomy and fully informed consent.
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