Haimowitz S, Delano S J, Oldham J M
New York State Office of Mental Health, USA.
Hastings Cent Rep. 1997 Nov-Dec;27(6):9-16.
A New York court recently struck down state Office of Mental Health regulations governing research involving subjects with impaired decisionmaking capacity. The court held that neither incapacitated adults nor minors could participate in any research protocol that contained a nontherapeutic element, irrespective of possible benefits to the subject or the importance of the knowledge to be gained. Although the decision rested on a technical point of law and dealt only with psychiatric research, the court's holding has significantly broader implications.
纽约一家法院最近推翻了州心理健康办公室关于涉及决策能力受损受试者的研究的规定。法院认为，无行为能力的成年人和未成年人都不能参与任何包含非治疗性因素的研究方案，无论对受试者可能有何益处或所获知识的重要性如何。尽管该裁决基于一个技术性法律要点，且仅涉及精神病学研究，但法院的裁决具有显著更广泛的影响。
