Hypothetical Dilemma in Medical Ethics

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The IUPUI/Clarian Research Compliance Administration has approved the following study:

"The Impact of Human Likeness on Ethical Decision-Making in Online Interactions" (No. EX0805-32B)

Approval date: May 28, 2008

Expiry date: May 27, 2009

  1. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of confronting ethical dilemmas in an electronic context.

  2. Benefits: The data gathered may contribute to an understanding of how medical ethics are or can be communicated electronically.

  3. Procedure: You will take the role of doctor in an office consultation with a patient. You will reply to the patient by selecting an appropriate response from a list. The situation will present an ethical dilemma. After the consultation, you will make a decision on the dilemma. Finally, there is a word completion task and survey on your religious beliefs.

  4. Time required: About 15 minutes

  5. Participation: Participation is voluntary. You may refuse to participate at any time. No disadvantage will arise from refusing. Incomplete results are retained.

  6. Age restriction: You must be at least 18 years old to participate.

  7. Compensation: You will not be paid for participating.

  8. Confidentiality: Your personal information will not be identified or shared or used for another purpose. Reported results will not contain information that may be used to identify you.

  9. Risks: While we do not anticipate any risks from participating, you must stop participating and notify the principal investigator if at any time you feel your mental or physical well-being, personal values, or dignity is being harmed.

  10. Dissemination of results: Results may be reported in talks, documents, and publications of the principal investigator, experimenter, and their co-authors.

  11. Questions: If you have any questions or concerns about the study, feel free to contact the principal investigator, Prof. Karl F. MacDorman. If you have any questions about your rights as a research participant, or unresolved problems, complaints, or concerns about a study, contact the IUPUI/Clarian Research Compliance Administration. Contact details are provided on the contact webpage.