Gulf grows between research practice and participant preferences in genetic studies
Saturday, January 22, 2011 - 09:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Obtaining consent for genetic studies can be an opportunity for researchers to foster respectful engagement with participants, not merely to mitigate risk. Participants are interested in research and feel themselves to have an investment in the studies. A policy forum in the journal Science recommends ways to build trusting relationships between researchers and study participants.