Compensation System Urged For People Harmed During Scientific Research

The Washington Post: Compensation System Urged For Research Victims
The United States should create a system to compensate people who are harmed by participating in scientific research, a panel of federal advisers recommended Tuesday. Many other countries require sponsors of studies and researchers to carry insurance for research-related injuries or have other ways to compensate volunteers who are harmed, making the United States an "outlier," the subcommittee of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues concluded (Stein, 8/30).