Koocher G P
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
J Consult Clin Psychol. 1991 Apr;59(2):246-8. doi: 10.1037/0022-006x.59.2.246.
Alcoholism research paradigms that use substantial cash incentives to attract participants and that call for inducing alcoholics to consume ethanol in the laboratory raise significant ethical questions. Nonalcoholic family members observing such study methods may also suffer subtle emotional anguish by virtue of their participation. When using such questionable methods, investigators should be obligated to discuss their risk-benefit rationales and detail their precautionary behaviors to protect participants. Discussion of these ethical problems should be mandatory in any publications resulting from such research paradigms.
酗酒研究范式使用大量现金奖励来吸引参与者，并要求在实验室中诱导酗酒者饮用乙醇，这引发了重大的伦理问题。观察此类研究方法的非酗酒家庭成员也可能因其参与而遭受微妙的情感痛苦。当使用此类有问题的方法时，研究人员有义务讨论其风险效益依据，并详细说明其保护参与者的预防措施。在由此类研究范式产生的任何出版物中，都应强制讨论这些伦理问题。
