Think from KERA

How The Medical Research System Gets Around Informed Consent


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A recent Gallop poll found that 71 percent of people surveyed are willing to get the COVID-19 vaccine. That means nearly 3 in 10 aren’t – even as some employers and schools may one day require vaccinations. Harriet A. Washington, a lecturer in bioethics at Columbia University, joins host Krys Boyd to talk about her research into a patient’s right to decline a procedure and the ethics of forcing experiments or new treatments in the name of research. Her book is “Carte Blanche: The Erosion of Medical Consent.”
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