Expanding the Frame of "Voluntariness" in Informed Consent: Structural Coercion and the Power of Social and Economic Context.

This paper introduces the term "structural coercion" to underscore the ways in which broader social, economic, and political contexts act upon individuals to compel them to enroll as subjects in clinical research. The paper challenges the adequacy of the concepts of "coercion" and "undue influence"...

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Publicado en:Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 355 - 380
Autor principal: Fisher, Jill A.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Johns Hopkins University Press Dec2014
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