MCC-UE 1040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Belmont Report, Lead Paint, Kennedy Krieger Institute
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Autonomous person: individual capable of deliberation about personal goals and acting under the direction of such deliberation . Subjects should enter into the research voluntarily and with adequate information. Persons with diminished autonomy are entitled to protection. Some persons are in need of extensive protection, even to the point of excluding them from activities that may harm them. Research should not injure one person regardless of the benefits that might come to others. Maximize potential benefits and minimize possible harms. Researchers must justify the benefits despite the potential risks involved. Some ethical concerns regarding research that presents more than minimal risk without immediate direct benefit to participants. To each person according to individual need. To each person according to individual effort. To each person according to societal contribution. Exposure to lead has been known to cause deleterious health effects. In the u. s. (2000-2001), 2. 2% of all children aged 1-5 years and 9. 6% of african.