Ethical Considerations for Research Involving PrisonersIn the past 30 years, the population of prisoners in the United States has expanded almost 5-fold, correctional facilities are increasingly overcrowded, and more of the country's disadvantaged populations—racial minorities, women, people with mental illness, and people with communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and tuberculosis—are under correctional supervision. Because prisoners face restrictions on liberty and autonomy, have limited privacy, and often receive inadequate health care, they require specific protections when involved in research, particularly in today's correctional settings. Given these issues, the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Human Research Protections commissioned the Institute of Medicine to review the ethical considerations regarding research involving prisoners. The resulting analysis contained in this book, Ethical Considerations for Research Involving Prisoners, emphasizes five broad actions to provide prisoners involved in research with critically important protections: • expand the definition of "prisoner"; • ensure universally and consistently applied standards of protection; • shift from a category-based to a risk-benefit approach to research review; • update the ethical framework to include collaborative responsibility; and • enhance systematic oversight of research involving prisoners. |
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... Research, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine. nonprisoners, (2) develop an ethical framework for the conduct of research with prisoners, (3) based on the ethical framework ... research involving prisoners taking x PREFACE.
... prisoner populations. The committee's review of current research revealed that most research involving prisoners is taking place outside the purview of Subpart C, and many prisoner studies are being conducted without IRB review. There ...
Committee on Ethical Considerations for Revisions to DHHS Regulations for Protection of Prisoners Involved in Research, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine. dial community setting could enroll in research that is open ...
... Research, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine. Shift from a Category-Based to a Risk-Benefit Approach to Research Review The current categorical approach used in Subpart C to review ... RESEARCH INVOLVING PRISONERS.
Committee on Ethical Considerations for Revisions to DHHS Regulations for Protection of Prisoners Involved in Research, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine. • for research on new therapies or preventive measures, there ...
Contents
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1 Introduction | 21 |
Changing Demographics Health Issues and the Current Research Environment | 29 |
3 Federal Regulatory Landscape | 73 |
4 Defining Prisoners and Correctional Settings | 101 |
5 The Ethical Framework for Research Involving Prisoners | 113 |
6 Systems of Oversight Safeguards and Protections | 137 |
Appendixes | 175 |
B The National Commissions Deliberations and Findings | 191 |
C Report of the SACHRP Subcommittee and Human Subjects Protections | 199 |
Public Welfare Part 46 Protection of Human Subjects | 205 |
E Committee Expert Advisor Liaison Panel and Staff Biographies | 239 |
Index | 253 |