Jon F Merz
Biographic Data
| ID | 5534228 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jon F Merz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jon F |
| FAMILY NAME | Merz |
| SIGNATURE | MERZ J F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pennsylvania |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0612-7104 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Practicalities of Impracticability
Impracticability is an ethical standard for waiver of informed consent in research. We examine how well the criterion of impracticability appears to have been fulfilled in a set of 36 completed randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that secured consent from some subjects or LARs and employed waivers to enroll others. These trials were identified among 155 RCTs using waivers of consent in a convenience sample drawn from 7 systematic reviews. Recruit…
Path Analysis of RCT Recruitment
We examine recruitment processes for 71 pragmatic and comparative effectiveness trials identified in a systematic review, using path analysis to examine rates of refusal to screen, test, and consent to trial participation. Our analysis suggests that refusal rates might be on net slightly higher if potential subjects are screened or asked to undergo physical eligibility tests, but this was not significant in our sample of trials ( p = .11 by Mann–…
Forbidden Knowledge
Sociologists, philosophers, and historians of science tend to focus their attention on the production of knowledge. More recently, scholars have begun to investigate more fully the structures and processes that impede the production of knowledge. This article draws on interviews conducted with 41 academic researchers to present a phenomenological examination of “forbidden knowledge”—a phrase that refers to knowledge considered too sensitive, dang…
Forbidden Knowledge
Response from Jon F. Merz, Glenn E. McGee, and Pamela Sankar to Hoeyer and Lynöe's commentary on their article “‘Iceland Inc.’? On the Ethics of Commercial Genomics”
Improving Informed Consent
Patricia Agre, Frances A. Campbell, Barbara D. Goldman, Maria L. Boccia, Nancy Kass, Laurence B. McCullough, Jon F. Merz, Suzanne M. Miller, Jim Mintz, Bruce Rapkin, Jeremy Sugarman, James Sorenson, Donna Wirshing, Improving Informed Consent: The Medium Is Not the Message, IRB: Ethics & Human Research, Vol. 25, No. 5, Supplement (Sep. - Oct., 2003), pp. S11-S19
Iceland Inc.”
Pilot Study
Jon F. Merz, Timothy R. Rebbeck, Pamela Sankar, Emma A. Meagher, Pilot Study: Does the White Coat Influence Research Participation?, IRB: Ethics & Human Research, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Jul. - Aug., 2002), pp. 6-8
Voluntariness of Consent for Research
This article explores the vulnerability of research subjects either to undue influence or to coercion. The authors present a brief review of the requirement for voluntariness in research, and what is known about research participation. They then examine characteristics of potential subjects, researchers, researcher actions, and the research setting that can influence the voluntariness of subject's decisions to participate. Throughout the paper, e…
Smugar Et Al. Respond
We agree with the sentiments expressed by Goldenring and Allred regarding the possibility of using the courts to bring hospitals into compliance with the medical standards of care. Unfortunately, there are many reasons why an uninformed rape survivor who undergoes a subsequent pregnancy and abortion might not want to, as they say, make a federal case of her plight. A lawsuit necessarily extends the ordeal, which may be therapeutic for some but wi…
"Is Genetics Research "Minimal Risk
Forbidden Knowledge
Sociologists, philosophers, and historians of science tend to focus their attention on the production of knowledge. More recently, scholars have begun to investigate more fully the structures and processes that impede the production of knowledge. This article draws on interviews conducted with 41 academic researchers to present a phenomenological examination of “forbidden knowledge”—a phrase that refers to knowledge considered too sensitive, dang…
Iceland Inc.”
"Is Genetics Research "Minimal Risk
Smugar Et Al. Respond
We agree with the sentiments expressed by Goldenring and Allred regarding the possibility of using the courts to bring hospitals into compliance with the medical standards of care. Unfortunately, there are many reasons why an uninformed rape survivor who undergoes a subsequent pregnancy and abortion might not want to, as they say, make a federal case of her plight. A lawsuit necessarily extends the ordeal, which may be therapeutic for some but wi…
Pilot Study
Jon F. Merz, Timothy R. Rebbeck, Pamela Sankar, Emma A. Meagher, Pilot Study: Does the White Coat Influence Research Participation?, IRB: Ethics & Human Research, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Jul. - Aug., 2002), pp. 6-8
Voluntariness of Consent for Research
This article explores the vulnerability of research subjects either to undue influence or to coercion. The authors present a brief review of the requirement for voluntariness in research, and what is known about research participation. They then examine characteristics of potential subjects, researchers, researcher actions, and the research setting that can influence the voluntariness of subject's decisions to participate. Throughout the paper, e…
Improving Informed Consent
Patricia Agre, Frances A. Campbell, Barbara D. Goldman, Maria L. Boccia, Nancy Kass, Laurence B. McCullough, Jon F. Merz, Suzanne M. Miller, Jim Mintz, Bruce Rapkin, Jeremy Sugarman, James Sorenson, Donna Wirshing, Improving Informed Consent: The Medium Is Not the Message, IRB: Ethics & Human Research, Vol. 25, No. 5, Supplement (Sep. - Oct., 2003), pp. S11-S19
Iceland Inc.”
Response from Jon F. Merz, Glenn E. McGee, and Pamela Sankar to Hoeyer and Lynöe's commentary on their article “‘Iceland Inc.’? On the Ethics of Commercial Genomics”
Forbidden Knowledge
Forbidden Knowledge
Sociologists, philosophers, and historians of science tend to focus their attention on the production of knowledge. More recently, scholars have begun to investigate more fully the structures and processes that impede the production of knowledge. This article draws on interviews conducted with 41 academic researchers to present a phenomenological examination of “forbidden knowledge”—a phrase that refers to knowledge considered too sensitive, dang…
Path Analysis of RCT Recruitment
We examine recruitment processes for 71 pragmatic and comparative effectiveness trials identified in a systematic review, using path analysis to examine rates of refusal to screen, test, and consent to trial participation. Our analysis suggests that refusal rates might be on net slightly higher if potential subjects are screened or asked to undergo physical eligibility tests, but this was not significant in our sample of trials ( p = .11 by Mann–…
Practicalities of Impracticability
Impracticability is an ethical standard for waiver of informed consent in research. We examine how well the criterion of impracticability appears to have been fulfilled in a set of 36 completed randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that secured consent from some subjects or LARs and employed waivers to enroll others. These trials were identified among 155 RCTs using waivers of consent in a convenience sample drawn from 7 systematic reviews. Recruit…
Ethics in Clinical Research (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Alternative medicine (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Ethics in medical practice (4 works) · Informed consent (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Biology (2 works)