Burr, J.A. and Gibson, B. (2018) Informed consent in research ethics: an analysis from the perspective of Luhmann’s social systems theory. Social Theory and Health, 16 (3). pp. 241-255. ISSN 1477-8211
Abstract
We explore the origins and dynamics of ethical communication with reference to the requirements for informed consent provision in research ethics. We adopt the analytical framework developed in Luhmann’s social systems theory to illustrate how ethical communication about informed consent has developed in the medical, legal and scientific systems. We would like to suggest that the development of ethical communication is the result of the developing semantics of individuality and personhood. Our analysis adds specific observations about how communication about research ethics, and informed consent specifically, reduces complexity in an increasingly functionally differentiated society.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Palgrave Macmillan. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Social Theory and Health. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Informed consent; Luhmann; ethics; human subject |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) > ScHARR - Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 10 Oct 2017 14:09 |
Last Modified: | 14 Dec 2023 08:47 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1057/s41285-017-0054-1 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:122180 |