Donors as research subjects: a challenge

Human research subjects as human research workers.

Biomedical research involving human subjects has traditionally been treated as a unique endeavor, presenting special risks and demanding special protections. But in several ways, the regulatory scheme governing human subjects research is counter-intuitively less protective than the labor and employment laws applicable to many workers. This Article relies on analogical and legal reasoning to dem...

Chimpanzees as vulnerable subjects in research

Using an approach developed in the context of human bioethics, we argue that chimpanzees in research can be regarded as vulnerable subjects. This vulnerability is primarily due to communication barriers and situational factors-confinement and dependency-that make chimpanzees particularly susceptible to risks of harm and exploitation in experimental settings. In human research, individuals who a...

Textbooks as a research challenge in computational linguistics

As they are devised to fulfil pedagogical needs, textbooks often rely on illustrations as well as text proper. Thus, the relationship between illustration and text has to be accounted for (Peraya & Nyssen, 1995; Reinwein, 1998). Being directed towards pupils and eliciting actual responses, textbooks also challenge text linguistics. The study of the various means for establishing relations with ...

Comments on Düwell: Research as a challenge for ethical reflection

The ethical question addressed in this paper concerns the moral responsibility of the researcher. This question is directly connected with the task of different actors in society to reflect on the moral dimensions of research and their interrelationships in terms of moral obligations and concerns. This aspect is not discussed in the paper. When the physicians accepted the rights of the patient ...

Research with human subjects as a paradigm in teaching.