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Research Ethics Journal Club
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 November 9, 2005
| Topic: |
Should Researchers Disclose Incidental Findings
to Their Participants? |
| Presenter: |
Matthew A. Allison, M.D., MPH
Assistant Professor, Family and Preventive Medicine, UCSD |
| Location: |
SDSU Foundation: Sky Park |
| Discussion: |
Some experimental examinations contain information that is not the focus of the research project. For example, computed tomography of the chest is sometimes performed to determine the extent of hardening of the arteries in the coronary arteries. Concomitant with this, the scan also contains information on the lungs and other organs in the chest, which may show findings that may or may not be of clinical significance. This discussion will review and explore the ethical considerations for these incidental findings and what the obligations of the researcher are in this regard. |
| Readings: |
Frequency and Severity of "Incidentalomas" Encountered During EBCT for Coronary Calcium in Middle-Aged Army Personnel |
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Note: For those Journal Club members at UCSD, readings are available through electronic reserves in the UCSD Biomedical Library. Go to http://reserves.ucsd.edu, click "Electronic Reserves & Reserves Pages", select the "Pages by Instructor" tab, select instructor "Kalichman", and click "View". On the Course Reserves page, click "SOM300", read and accept the copyright statement, open the Journal Club folder, and find the files in this month's file. For those not at UCSD, please e-mail us at ethics@ucsd.edu and we will send you a PDF attachment. |
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