The duty to look for incidental findings in imaging research

Julian J. Koplin; Martin R. Turner; Julian Savulescu

doi:10.1002/eahr.500043

The duty to look for incidental findings in imaging research

Julian J. Koplin, Martin R. Turner, Julian Savulescu

Monash Bioethics Centre

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Abstract

Imaging research regularly yields incidental findings that may have personal medical or reproductive decision-making significance to study participants. It is widely assumed that researchers have a moral obligation to disclose at least some kinds of incidental findings to research participants. However, it is also a widely held view that researchers do not have a moral obligation to actively look for abnormalities irrelevant to the aims of their study. This paper challenges that assumption.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2-12
Number of pages	11
Journal	Ethics & Human Research
Volume	42
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/eahr.500043
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2020

Keywords

human subjects research
imaging research
incidental findings
return of research results

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