Download or read book Research Involving Those Institutionalized as Mentally Infirm written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Research Involving Those Institutionalized as Mentally Infirm: Report and Recommendations Dear Mr. President: On behalf of the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, I am pleased to transmit our "Report and Recommendations: Research Involving Those Institutionalized as Mentally Infirm." This is one of several topics of study identified in our mandate under Public Law 93-348, which directs the Commission to submit its reports and recommendations to the President, the Congress, and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. The Commission has previously transmitted reports and recommendations on "Research on the Fetus" (1975), "Research Involving Prisoners" (1976), "Psychosurgery" (1977), "Disclosure of Research Information under the Freedom of Information Act" (1977) and "Research Involving Children" (1977). In our deliberations concerning research participation by those institutionalized as mentally infirm, the members of the Commission have been concerned both for the protection of such vulnerable persons and for the recognition of their right to make decisions for themselves to the extent they are able. We have recognized, too, that protection of the mentally infirm requires that we learn more about their disabilities and how to treat them, and that research is necessary to the development of such knowledge. Accordingly, the Commission has made recommendations (set forth at the outset of the accompanying report) establishing conditions under which research involving those institutionalized as mentally infirm may ethically be conducted. These recommendations would require that (1) no prospective subject who is institutionalized as mentally infirm should be approached to participate in research unless a person responsible for the health care of the subject has determined that participation would not interfere with such care, (2) persons who are institutionalized as mentally infirm and cannot give informed consent must not be involved in research unless it is relevant to their condition, and (3) no one should be involved in research over their objection unless participation may benefit the subject and is specifically authorized by a court of competent jurisdiction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
