PP217 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Prima Facie, Psychological Intervention, Contractualism
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Pp217 lecture 21: defenders of equipoise might be operating under a misconception, what franklin miller and howard brody refer to as the therapeutic misconception . In fact, there is a possible harm that comes from conflating therapeutic care w/ research (by assuming a single ethical framework: subjects may confuse rcts with treatment in much the same way as the men in the. Tuskegee experiment were confused, though not intentionally as so with the tuskegee. Experiment: this would do great damage to the model of informed consent, research subjects need to know that treatment in a rtc is not aimed at their personal well-being or health, we should not send mixed messages. They think it would be medically irresponsible to do so (e. g. because of the potential patient-subject"s specific medical history): 2. Their belief is supported by evidence that ought to be convincing to their colleagues.
