The present paper considers naltrexone to treat opioid dependence during pregnancy. The
public health problem of opioid dependence and its treatment during pregnancy is reviewed …

There is growing consensus in the family planning community around the need for novel
measures of autonomy. Existing literature highlights the tension between efforts to pursue …

Although the importance of including vulnerable populations in medical research is widely
accepted, identifying how to achieve such inclusion remains a challenge. Ensuring that the …

The conceptual complexity of the term voluntariness has resulted in relatively few empirical
studies of the voluntariness component of consent to research. As the call for a formal …

We report here on inmates' experiences with participating in interview-based research to
provide insights on the ethics and validity of research on prisoners. We interviewed 40 …

Abstract As a 2006 Institute of Medicine report highlights, surprisingly little empirical
attention has been paid to how prisoners arrive at decisions to participate in modern …

Rapid tissue donation (RTD) is an advancing oncology research procedure for collecting
tumors, metastases, and unaffected tissue 2–6 h after death. Researchers can better …

This paper discusses findings of a study examining whether prisoners view their
participation in clinical research studies as exploitative. Perspectives of seventy prisoners …

Background Mental health professionals working in correctional contexts engage a double
role to care and control. This dual loyalty conflict has repeatedly been criticized to impede …

Background Extended-release naltrexone (XR-NTX, Vivitrol®; Alkermes Inc.) is an injectable
monthly sustained-release mu opioid receptor antagonist. XR-NTX is a potentially effective …