Mastroianni Anna C, Kahn Jeffrey P
University of Washington School of Law and the Institute for Public Health Genetics, Seattle, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2002 Jul;92(7):1073-6. doi: 10.2105/ajph.92.7.1073.
The legal case of Grimes v. Kennedy Krieger Institute, Inc, has raised concerns in the public health research community regarding the acceptable level of risk in research involving children, parental authority for informed consent, and exploitation of research subjects for the benefit of public health. We provide an overview of the case and discuss the impact of the court's decision and its possible effect on future research protection policies and practices.
格莱姆斯诉肯尼迪·克里格研究所案引发了公共卫生研究界对涉及儿童的研究中可接受的风险水平、家长的知情同意权以及为公共卫生利益而对研究对象的利用等问题的关注。我们概述了该案件,并讨论了法院判决的影响及其对未来研究保护政策和实践可能产生的作用。