Issues in conducting research with and about older persons / Marshall B. Kapp, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kapp, Marshall B.

Series:

Ethics, law, and aging review ; v. 8.

Ethics, law, and aging review ; v. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Medical care--Research.

Older people.

Older people--Legal status, laws, etc--Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Conducting research with and about older persons

Research with and about older persons

Older persons

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Springer, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Perplexing ethical questions emerge when conducting research involving older adult participants. Fundamental ethical concerns often grappled with include the ability to obtain truly voluntary and competent informed consent, the proper role of surrogate decision making in the research context, and the equitable selection of research subjects. This volume brings to the forefront a discussion of how to encourage essential research specifically designed to benefit older persons while protecting the legal and ethical rights of actual and potential older research participants. Highly qualified and d

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Part 1. Conducting Research With and About Older Persons: Ethical and Legal Issues and Implications; Chapter 1. Ethical Issues in Informed Consent in the Conduct of Research With Aging Persons; Chapter 2. Decisional Capacity and Consent for Research in Older Adults Who Are Cognitively Impaired; Chapter 3. The Search for a Coherent Language: The Science and Politics of Drug Testing and Approval; Chapter 4. Ethical and Legal Considerations in Health Services Research

Chapter 5. Regulating Research for Those With Decisional Impairment: Implications for Mental Health ProfessionalsPart 2. Independent Articles; Chapter 6. Ethical Complexities of Aggressive Surgical Intervention in the Very Old; Chapter 7. From Elder Guardianship to Long-Term Legal Care; Chapter 8. The Circle of Life: Respecting Patients' Preferences Near the End of Life?; Book Reviews; Literature Abstract: Symposium-Joint Conference on Legal/Ethical Issues in the Progression of Dementia; Bibliography: Research and Older Human Participants; Books Received; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J

LM; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Includes index (p. 161-166).

ISBN:

1-281-80673-0

9786611806736

0-8261-1636-1

OCLC:

437109870