Wertheimer A, Miller F G
Department of Bioethics, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1156, USA.
J Med Ethics. 2008 May;34(5):389-92. doi: 10.1136/jme.2007.021857.
Payment for research participation has raised ethical concerns, especially with respect to its potential for coercion. We argue that characterising payment for research participation as coercive is misguided, because offers of benefit cannot constitute coercion. In this article we analyse the concept of coercion, refute mistaken conceptions of coercion and explain why the offer of payment for research participation is never coercive but in some cases may produce undue inducement.
对参与研究给予报酬引发了伦理问题，尤其是其可能存在的强迫性。我们认为，将对参与研究给予报酬定性为强迫行为是错误的，因为给予利益的提议并不构成强迫。在本文中，我们分析了强迫的概念，驳斥了对强迫的错误观念，并解释了为何对参与研究给予报酬绝不是强迫行为，但在某些情况下可能会产生不当诱导。
