TY - JOUR
T1 - Consent as a Barrier to Research
AU - Fost, Norman
PY - 1979/5/31
Y1 - 1979/5/31
N2 - AN academic physician was once heard to remark, “If it weren't for the patients, we could get a lot of work done around here.” This obviously facetious comment reflects a fundamental and profound conflict faced by those who do research on human subjects: the doctor's obligation as personal caretaker of an individual patient versus his obligation to advance knowledge for the benefit of society as a whole. This potential conflict is not realized in all cases. Often the patient's best interests, as well as society's, are served when the patient is a research subject. It is the possibility that a.
AB - AN academic physician was once heard to remark, “If it weren't for the patients, we could get a lot of work done around here.” This obviously facetious comment reflects a fundamental and profound conflict faced by those who do research on human subjects: the doctor's obligation as personal caretaker of an individual patient versus his obligation to advance knowledge for the benefit of society as a whole. This potential conflict is not realized in all cases. Often the patient's best interests, as well as society's, are served when the patient is a research subject. It is the possibility that a.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM197905313002212
DO - 10.1056/NEJM197905313002212
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 431688
AN - SCOPUS:0018805935
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 300
SP - 1272
EP - 1273
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 22
ER -