http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2008/04/08/katja-stoppenbrink-clinical-research-in-vulnerable-populations-berlin-3-4-april-2008/ Just another blogs.bmj.com weblog Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:13:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2008/04/08/katja-stoppenbrink-clinical-research-in-vulnerable-populations-berlin-3-4-april-2008/#comment-2233 Trisha B Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:19:28 +0000 http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2008/04/08/katja-stoppenbrink-clinical-research-in-vulnerable-populations-berlin-3-4-april-2008/#comment-2233 Vulnerable populations is one topic I examine from time to time. In economics and in ethics there seems to be one eye open and seeing and the other eye closed and confused. As you read between the lines in research studies I do notice the missing populations more than those that are in the research. So too, the selection of some populations is a curious procedure. Whether there is informed consent or not is a valid question. The selection and the use of the population requires professionalism and an eye to more than the study on the printed page. Vulnerable populations is one topic I examine from time to time. In economics and in ethics there seems to be one eye open and seeing and the other eye closed and confused. As you read between the lines in research studies I do notice the missing populations more than those that are in the research. So too, the selection of some populations is a curious procedure. Whether there is informed consent or not is a valid question. The selection and the use of the population requires professionalism and an eye to more than the study on the printed page.

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