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Bioethical issues in providing financial incentives to research participants

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: : Offering research subjects financial incentives for their participation is a common practice that boosts recruitment but also raises ethical concerns, such as undue inducement, exploitation, and biased enrollment. This article reviews the arguments for providing participants with financial incentives, ethical concerns about payment, and approaches to establishing appropriate compensation levels. It also makes recommendations for investigators, institutions, and oversight committees. Keywords: human participant research, payment, ethics, undue inducement, exploitation, fairness

Source: Medicolegal and Bioethics

DOI: 10.2147/mb.s70416

Author: David Resnik

Institutions: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Ethics in Clinical Research

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Awards: G7295373465, Ethical, social, and legal issues in environmental health research