A policy in flux: New York State's evolving approach to human subjects research involving individuals who lack consent capacity.

A Policy in Flux: New York State’s Evolving Approach to Human Subjects Research Involving Individuals Who Lack Consent Capacity (forthcoming)

“Of Vital Importance”: The New York State Task Force on Life and the Law’s Report and Recommendations for Research with Human Subjects Who Lack Consent Capacity (with Susie

Capacity to consent to research: The evolution and current concepts

DOI:10.1111/j.1758-5872.2012.00210.x Abstract The ethical problem of the need to conduct research on the very conditions that impair the ability to consent to such research is widely acknowledged. People with cognitive impairment and mental illness have an equitable right to research being conducted in areas relevant to their treatment and care, and should be given an equitable opportunity to p...

Addressing ethical issues in the psychiatric research literature.

A llegations of ethical problems in psychiatric research have received intense public attention in the past few years. Two of the most widely publicized examples are research involving withdrawing medication from patients with schizophrenia at the University of California, Los Angeles, investigated by the US Office of Protection From Research Risks, and litigation concerning research conducted ...

Meeting the Challenge of Diabetes in China

China’s estimated 114 million people with diabetes pose a massive challenge for China’s health policy-makers who have significantly extended health insurance coverage over the past decade. What China is doing now, what it has achieved, and what remains to be done should be of interest to health policy-makers, worldwide. We identify the challenges posed by China’s two pr...