Regulating the Market in Human Research Participants

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Author Information

Author(s): Trudo Lemmens, Paul B. Miller

Primary Institution: University of Toronto

The article aims to examine the ethical implications of recruitment incentives in clinical trials.

The practice of paying research participants and physicians for recruitment is inadequately regulated and raises significant ethical concerns.

Recruitment incentives can interfere with physicians' judgment and patient safety.
Patients may be treated as commodities in clinical trials due to financial incentives.
Regulatory frameworks for recruitment incentives are often inadequate.

This study looks at how paying doctors to recruit patients for clinical trials can be risky and might not be safe for patients.

Potential conflicts of interest may arise from financial incentives affecting physician judgment.

The article does not provide empirical data to support its claims.

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