Meade Melissa A, Slesnick Natasha
Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87106, USA.
J Psychol. 2002 Jul;136(4):449-63. doi: 10.1080/00223980209604171.
Ethical considerations for working with runaway and homeless youth in research and treatment settings are presented. Issues of parents' and adolescents' consent for research and treatment are discussed, with particular attention given to the lack of explicit guidelines for working with abused and neglected youth. The principles of beneficence and justice are discussed as they apply to intervening with a high-risk, multiproblem population. The authors offer a rationale for allowing adolescents to self-consent to research and treatment. They argue that in many circumstances, requiring parental consent may not be in the youth's best interest and may preclude his or her participation in treatment and research programs.
本文介绍了在研究和治疗环境中与离家出走及无家可归青少年合作时的伦理考量。讨论了父母和青少年对研究及治疗的同意问题,尤其关注在与受虐待和被忽视青少年合作方面缺乏明确指导方针的情况。探讨了行善原则和公正原则在干预高危、多问题人群时的应用。作者为允许青少年自行同意研究和治疗提供了理由。他们认为,在许多情况下,要求父母同意可能不符合青少年的最佳利益,可能会妨碍其参与治疗和研究项目。