Sim Julius
Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK.
Physiother Res Int. 2010 Jun;15(2):80-7. doi: 10.1002/pri.483.
This paper explores some ethical conflicts that may arise in physiotherapy-related research, focusing particularly on the issues of informed consent and avoidance of harm. These central issues in research ethics are defined and related to fundamental moral principles such as respect for autonomy, respect for persons and non-maleficence, and their implications are examined through a set of hypothetical case studies, encompassing both quantitative and qualitative research approaches. It is argued that these ethical requirements may legitimately be traded off against each other, so that a prima facie need to gain informed consent or to avoid a risk of harm to participants may - within certain limits - be outweighed by other ethical requirements.
本文探讨了物理治疗相关研究中可能出现的一些伦理冲突，特别关注知情同意和避免伤害的问题。研究伦理中的这些核心问题得到了界定，并与诸如尊重自主性、尊重个人和不伤害等基本道德原则相关联，其影响通过一系列涵盖定量和定性研究方法的假设案例研究进行了审视。本文认为，这些伦理要求之间可能会合理地相互权衡，因此在某些限制范围内，获取知情同意或避免对参与者造成伤害的初步必要性可能会被其他伦理要求所压倒。
