Research in Adults with Diminished Capacity
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Informed consent is often identified as a condition of ethical research. Therefore, ethical challenges arise when conducting research with adults who lack the capacity to provide informed consent. In this chapter, the authors consider these challenges using two principal cases: adults with dementia and adults with acute, emergent health conditions. As this pair of cases shows, decisional capacity can be “diminished” in many ways, and a number of strategies are available to address diminished capacity. In this chapter, the authors highlight surrogate consent and the partial-involvement strategies of assent and dissent and note additional protections afforded to these vulnerable populations.
2020 ◽
Vol 19
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pp. 160940692093125
2019 ◽
Vol 59
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pp. 247-254
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Vol 2
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pp. 84-89
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