Journal of medical ethics
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Journal of medical ethics · Sep 2005
Paying research participants: a study of current practices in Australia.
To examine current research payment practices and to inform development of clearer guidelines for researchers and ethics committees. ⋯ Research subject payment practices vary in Australia. Researchers who do provide payments to research participants generally do so without written policy and procedures. Ethics committees have an important role in developing guidelines in this area. Specific guidelines are needed considering existing local policies and procedures; payment models and their application in diverse settings; case study examples of types and levels of reimbursement; applied definitions of incentive and inducement; and the rationale for diverse payment practices in different settings.