Should Humans Test Subjects In Clinical Trials?
1. Title: Should humans test subjects in clinical trials?
I will agree to disagree on the issue that if it is ethical to test on humans, seeing that the there is a need for it to be done however it has consequences as with all medical research. I agree for the simple fact that it is a waste of money to run tests on animals and would have to retest on humans. In say that I know that I will be called inhumane because the question would be posed to me “so what about the harmful sections of the trials would you allow humans to under all that probing etc.?”. I will defend my answer by say that it would have to depend on what type of trial is being carried out. Of course, any clinical test being carried out and humans are the test subjects; they …show more content…
A lot of these trials drugs are associated with a number of side effects which later on cause complications in these people. Hence these researchers need to take great care in their selection process. Some may I am this inhumane, but prisoners who are serving life and death penalty sentences should be used as part of clinical trials, being treated with the exact ethical conduct as would a freeman would. This would save these research centers money, as they sometimes have to pay participants. Especially prisoners who are sick, for example with cancer they have to be taken care of by the state, this will make it less burdensome for the …show more content…
She goes on to state that these challenges have created two key factors that is causing non-successful clinical trials- the conversion of scientific findings into published clinical studies, which are need to be distributed for healthcare system medical practices (Sung et al., 2003)
Other challenges that can be found with using humans test subjects is the potential psychological issues and possible life-threatening side effects, invasions of privacy on a social and economic stance, as a life history has to be taken so there are no errors, as these trials may relieve underlying issues, which were once not known and physical harm, which will be experienced by the test subject due to the type of procedures to be carried out (UCI, Office of Research, 2014). Although the challenges of clinical research are to numerous to mention, there are benefits to them as well. Humans taking part in clinical trials make it easier and faster or results to be published and to have clearer information available to the public on that particular drug. More efficient drugs could be
I will agree to disagree on the issue that if it is ethical to test on humans, seeing that the there is a need for it to be done however it has consequences as with all medical research. I agree for the simple fact that it is a waste of money to run tests on animals and would have to retest on humans. In say that I know that I will be called inhumane because the question would be posed to me “so what about the harmful sections of the trials would you allow humans to under all that probing etc.?”. I will defend my answer by say that it would have to depend on what type of trial is being carried out. Of course, any clinical test being carried out and humans are the test subjects; they …show more content…
A lot of these trials drugs are associated with a number of side effects which later on cause complications in these people. Hence these researchers need to take great care in their selection process. Some may I am this inhumane, but prisoners who are serving life and death penalty sentences should be used as part of clinical trials, being treated with the exact ethical conduct as would a freeman would. This would save these research centers money, as they sometimes have to pay participants. Especially prisoners who are sick, for example with cancer they have to be taken care of by the state, this will make it less burdensome for the …show more content…
She goes on to state that these challenges have created two key factors that is causing non-successful clinical trials- the conversion of scientific findings into published clinical studies, which are need to be distributed for healthcare system medical practices (Sung et al., 2003)
Other challenges that can be found with using humans test subjects is the potential psychological issues and possible life-threatening side effects, invasions of privacy on a social and economic stance, as a life history has to be taken so there are no errors, as these trials may relieve underlying issues, which were once not known and physical harm, which will be experienced by the test subject due to the type of procedures to be carried out (UCI, Office of Research, 2014). Although the challenges of clinical research are to numerous to mention, there are benefits to them as well. Humans taking part in clinical trials make it easier and faster or results to be published and to have clearer information available to the public on that particular drug. More efficient drugs could be