The Ethics of Public Health Research on Less Expensive, Less Effective Interventions

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The Ethics of Public Health Research on Less Expensive, Less Effective Interventions

What is this about?

The Kennedy Krieger lead paint study stirred controversial questions about whether research designed to develop less expensive interventions that are not as effective as existing treatments can be ethically warranted[1]. This is a factual case.

  1. Buchanan, David R., and Franklin G. Miller. "Justice and fairness in the Kennedy Krieger Institute lead paint study: the ethics of public health research on less expensive, less effective interventions." American journal of public health 96.5 (2006): 781-787.

Why is this important?

Critics questioned the social value of such research and alleged that it sanctions a double standard, exploits participants, and is complicit in perpetuating the social injustice[1].

  1. Buchanan, David R., and Franklin G. Miller. "Justice and fairness in the Kennedy Krieger Institute lead paint study: the ethics of public health research on less expensive, less effective interventions." American journal of public health 96.5 (2006): 781-787.

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