Philosophy 2043F/G Lecture Notes - Informed Consent, Harm Reduction, Reward System
17 Mar 2014
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Essay: a critical analysis of 1 or 2 articles (some essay topics have 2 assigned articles, you are free to choose something that hasn"t been covered in class. Informed consent: when we talk about addiction, it raises the issue of informed consent, before conducting a study on people, you have to submit it to a research ethics board, and have the participants sign a consent form. Informed consent is written into the health care consent act in ontario: each province has different regulations governing informed consent, consent must be: In a heroin prescription study, the people who were being studied were living on the street and were regular daily users of heroin who have all been in and failed at treatment. Some work in the sex trade, some resort to robbery to get the money to fund their addiction. People who have severe habits can inject 3-8 times a day.
