Abstract

ESCOBAR-MELO, Hugo  and  DIAZ AMADO, Eduardo. Evolution of Attitudes in the Field of Human Research Ethics. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2008, vol.7, n.1, pp.73-96. ISSN 1657-9267.

The state of evolution of attitudes in a sample of 142 Medical Students at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota (at the beginning, middle and ending of their studies) in the field of Human Research Ethics (HRE) is analytically described. A complex scale of attitudes was used, with three components: affective, beliefs-related and behavioral, further divided into three theoretical categories taken from Bioethics: Subject-End/means-Dignity, Benefit and Justice. The relationship between the current medical education process and the attitudes regarding HRE in the sample are analyzed. A small trend towards progress in all categories and in all components of attitudes throughout medical education is described; neither the Benefit nor the Subject-End/means/Dignity categories evolve in a significant way; some significant differences were observed in the Justice category (beliefs and behavioral) and in the Subject-End/means-Dignity category (beliefs component). The results allow for asking about the role of formation and evolution of those attitudes throughout the academic process. In conclusion, attitudes seem to be progressing relatively, without a decisive evolution.

Keywords : Attitudes; ethics; bioethics; research with human beings; medicine; Experiment; human experimentation; Bioethics; Researcher -- Subject relations.

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