Lawrenz Frances, Sobotka Suzanne
University of Minnesota, MN, USA.
J Law Med Ethics. 2008 Summer;36(2):249-55, 211. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2008.00267.x.
This paper presents results found through searching publicly available U.S. data sources for information about how to handle incidental findings (IF) in human subjects research, especially in genetics and genomics research, neuroimaging research, and CT colonography research. We searched the Web sites of 14 federal agencies, 22 professional societies, and 100 universities, as well as used the search engine Google for actual consent forms that had been posted on the Internet. Our analysis of these documents showed that there is very little public guidance available for researchers as to how to deal with incidental findings. Moreover, the guidance available is not consistent.
本文展示了通过搜索美国公开数据源所得的结果,这些结果涉及在人体受试者研究中,特别是在遗传学和基因组学研究、神经成像研究以及CT结肠造影研究中,如何处理偶发发现(IF)。我们搜索了14个联邦机构、22个专业协会和100所大学的网站,并使用谷歌搜索引擎查找已发布在互联网上的实际知情同意书。我们对这些文件的分析表明,对于研究人员如何处理偶发发现,几乎没有公开的指导意见。此外,现有的指导意见并不一致。