former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, says:"People should not be used as a means to an end" — implying that challenge volunteers are victims of medical machinery.
In this case, my good is my volunteership: my primary interest in ending this pandemic sooner by volunteering for a clinical trial. Bioethics as a practice has a long history of ensuring that no man or institution takes undue advantage of others, but I am not a victim.I am a volunteer who understands the risks and still consents — and in doing so am expressing my agency to end this pandemic sooner rather than later.
I am frustrated by those who oppose challenge trials for the sake of volunteers like myself when we ourselves actively wish to take part in these trials.
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