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Ethical Issues in Implementation Science: A Qualitative Interview Study of Participating Clinicians.

Justin T ClappNaomi ZuckerOlivia K HernandezEllen J BassMeghan B Lane-Fall
Published in: AJOB empirical bioethics (2024)
The risks that clinicians identified stemmed more from their general status as employees than their specific work as clinicians. Implementation researchers should be attuned to the ethical ramifications of involving employees of varying ranks. Implementation researchers using hybrid designs should also be sensitive to the possibility that practitioners affected by a study will equate it with quality improvement and overlook its research component. Finally, the interactions that go into facilitating an implementation study are more various than the "gatekeeping" typically discussed by research ethicists. More research is needed on the ethics of the myriad interactions that are involved in making implementation studies happen.
Keyphrases
  • quality improvement
  • primary care
  • healthcare
  • public health
  • palliative care
  • patient safety
  • machine learning
  • decision making
  • risk assessment
  • global health