http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2012/05/10/guinea-pigs-getting-paid-the-economics-of-selling-your-body-to-science/ Sat, 11 May 2013 22:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2012/05/10/guinea-pigs-getting-paid-the-economics-of-selling-your-body-to-science/#comment-26276 Anonymous Fri, 25 May 2012 08:46:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=22036#comment-26276 I did a long complicated eye exercise for Columbia U, NYC. Clara, the Korean woman conducting it, said she didn't have the money ($40) and agreed to mail me a check.  She did not. I checked again about 2 weeks later. She was not there. I did a long complicated eye exercise for Columbia U, NYC. Clara, the Korean woman conducting it, said she didn’t have the money ($40) and agreed to mail me a check.Â
She did not. I checked again about 2 weeks later. She was not there.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2012/05/10/guinea-pigs-getting-paid-the-economics-of-selling-your-body-to-science/#comment-26275 Slgibbs1 Fri, 25 May 2012 00:23:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=22036#comment-26275 When I worked at a medical school, I usedto do studies all the time. I didn't get rich, but the money helped and it was fun! When I worked at a medical school, I usedto do studies all the time. I didn’t get rich, but the money helped and it was fun!

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2012/05/10/guinea-pigs-getting-paid-the-economics-of-selling-your-body-to-science/#comment-26274 BeenThereDoneThat Fri, 18 May 2012 02:06:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=22036#comment-26274 For clinical trials, especially for people who don't have other options, the monetary compensation is trivial and inconsequential.  Speaking as such a person in a clinical trial for a number of years, I would gladly pay to be a "guinea pig" - I know without my participation, the drug I am "testing" would never get approved.  Just one perspective... For clinical trials, especially for people who don’t have other options, the monetary compensation is trivial and inconsequential.  Speaking as such a person in a clinical trial for a number of years, I would gladly pay to be a “guinea pig” – I know without my participation, the drug I am “testing” would never get approved.  Just one perspective…

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2012/05/10/guinea-pigs-getting-paid-the-economics-of-selling-your-body-to-science/#comment-26273 Anonymous Fri, 11 May 2012 23:50:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=22036#comment-26273 I completely disagree with the "Maximum Ethical Wage."  Lowering the pay out won't discourage desparate people from participating, it just means that the absolute most desparate, the people in our communities most likely to be extorted, will be the ones participating in the studies.  If you truly want to be ethical, then that means no pay at all, but since those types of volunteers are rare, I say pay these people millions, because they are sacrificing their health for the advancement of health sciences. I completely disagree with the “Maximum Ethical Wage.”  Lowering the pay out won’t discourage desparate people from participating, it just means that the absolute most desparate, the people in our communities most likely to be extorted, will be the ones participating in the studies.  If you truly want to be ethical, then that means no pay at all, but since those types of volunteers are rare, I say pay these people millions, because they are sacrificing their health for the advancement of health sciences.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2012/05/10/guinea-pigs-getting-paid-the-economics-of-selling-your-body-to-science/#comment-26272 Huh? Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=22036#comment-26272 Why is everything for sale? Why is everything for sale?

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