Walter E. Washington Convention Center

Jun 15, 2025 7:00 AM - Jun 19, 2025 3:00 PM

801 Allen Y. Lew Place, NW, Washington, DC 20001-3614, USA

DIA 2025 Global Annual Meeting

Clinical Care vs Research: Walking the Ethical Tightrope Between Advocacy and Coercion

Session Chair(s)

Karla  Childers, MS

Karla Childers, MS

Head, Bioethics-Based Science and Technology Policy

Johnson & Johnson, United States

This session will delve into the historical and ethical context for distinguishing between clinical care and research and how the blurring poses a risk for engagement with patients. Experts in ethics and health literacy will discuss potential pitfall

Learning Objective : Understand the ethical and historical context for distinguishing between clinical care and research; Describe the regulatory and ethical challenges that are exposed when sponsors and investigators push patients to clinical research; Understand how language and health literacy have the potential to impact an individual’s decision to participate in research.

Speaker(s)

Lindsay  McNair, MD, MPH, MS

Bioethics perspective

Lindsay McNair, MD, MPH, MS

Equipoise Consulting, United States

Principal Consultant

Catina  O'Leary, PhD

Patient and health literacy perspective

Catina O'Leary, PhD

Health Literacy Media, United States

President and Chief Executive Officer

David  Borasky, MPH

IRB perspective

David Borasky, MPH

WCG IRB, United States

Vice President, IRB Compliance

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