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Despite the widespread agreement on the legal and ethical appropriateness of the general rule of informed consent for human research with an intervention, there are examples of very specific situations in which there are reasons to make an exception.
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This template is a guide to assist researchers applying to the Health Canada-PHAC REB. It should not be interpreted as a standard for other institutions. This template follows the guidance provided in TCPS 2 (Chapter 3: The Consent Process) which is the official human research ethics policy of the Canadian federal research granting agencies. Resear...
This template is a guide to assist researchers applying to the Health Canada-PHAC REB. It should not be interpreted as a standard for other institutions. This template follows the guidance provided in TCPS 2 (Chapter 3: The Consent Process) which is the official human research ethics policy of the Canadian federal research granting agencies. Resear...
These forms were created using the REB Secretariat's consent form template as a guide. They are meant to assist researchers applying to the Health Canada-PHAC REB and should not be interpreted as a standard for other institutions. The forms follow the guidance provided in TCPS 2 (Chapter 3: The Consent Process) which is the official human research ...
This form was created using the REB Secretariat's assent form template as a guide. It is meant to assist researchers applying to the Health Canada-PHAC REB and should not be interpreted as a standard for other institutions. The form follows the guidance provided in TCPS 2 (Chapter 3: The Consent Process) which is the official human research ethics ...
The Ethics Code of the American Psychological Association describes informed consent, in part, as follows: “Informed Consent, psychologists inform participants about (1) the purpose of the research, expected duration and procedures; (2) their right to decline to participate and to withdraw from the research once participation has begun; (3 ...
We argue that research without consent can be justified on two grounds: if it stands to infringe no right of the participants and obtaining consent is impracticable, or if the gravity of the rights infringement is minor and outweighed by the expected social value of the research and obtaining consent is impracticable.
Given that serious mental illnesses, neurodegenerative conditions and brain injuries can have deleterious effects on cognitive, affective and other mental processes, decision-making capacity can be an issue of concern when psychologists obtain consent for research from people with such conditions.
Informed Consent. Standards 8.02 to 8.05 are about informed consent. Again, informed consent means obtaining and documenting people’s agreement to participate in a study, having informed them of everything that might reasonably be expected to affect their decision.
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A good deal of non-deceptive research is permitted without participants’ informed consent. This includes observational research and research on stored biological samples. The present argument provides an explanation for why conducting this research without consent does not violate participants’ rights.
