Recruitment for clinical research: Ethical issues

Presenter:

Benjamin Wilfond, MD
Professor and Head, Division of Bioethics, Department of
Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine
Director, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics
Co-Director, ITHS Regulatory Support and Bioethics Core

Objectives:

• Understand how to address the unique challenges of the dual role of clinician/investigator
• Understand how study coordinators can balance obligations to the study and the participants
• Understand how the concepts of coercion, exploitation, and influence may or may not apply to recruitment