The Neuroethics of Informed Consent (설명동의의 신경윤리(Neuroethics))

Kim Yang-Tae (김양태); SangMok Lee (이상목)

doi:10.35301/ksme.2013.16.1.1

The Neuroethics of Informed Consent

Korean Journal of Medical Ethics
Abbr : 의료윤리
2013, 16(1), pp.1-10
DOI : 10.35301/ksme.2013.16.1.1
Publisher : The Korean Society For Medical Ethics
Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > General Medicine
Published : April 30, 2013

Kim Yang-Tae ¹, SangMok Lee ²

¹계명대학교
²동아대학교

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ABSTRACT

Informed consent has problems with readability, length, complexity, and so on. On the one hand, rigid requirements related to informed consent discourage subjects to participate experiment. On the other hand, it distracts from more serious ethical problems in clinical research such as decision-making capacity. Recently, there is increasing evidence that some proportion of the population has difficulties with decision-making capacity. Therefore, the neuropsychological tests associated with decision making are needed before giving valid informed consent. The decision making related to informed consent can be described by the interplay between emotional and cognitive functions. How can we investigate this empirically? An appropriate scale measuring neuropsychological function in informed consent should include both cognitive and emotional abilities. Nowadays, the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool(MacCAT) was widely used. But it relies predominantly on cognitive abilities such as understanding, appreciation, reasoning, and expression of choice. Considering recent empirical studies, the inclusion of emotional abilities in relation to decision-making seems to be essential. Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) requires emotional function as well as cognitive function to perform proper decision-making. Thus, it would be necessary to administer both the MacCAT and the IGT in people who have deficits in decision making and in giving valid or invalid informed consent.

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informed consent, decision making neuroethics

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.

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