Risk: A Guide to Controversy

Eischhoff, Baruch. Risk A Guide to Controversy, Appendix C, Improving Risk Communication. Washington, DC National Academy Press, 1989. 

Appendix C in Improving Risk Communication is titled Risk A Guide to Controversy. In that appendix, Baruch Fischhoff wrote ... 

I would like to repeat the quotation from Bamch FischhofFs Risk A Guide to Controversy which appeared earlier in this chapter ... 

A key controversy in the management of febrile neutropenia in cancer patients is the optimal time to stop empirical antimicrobial therapy in patients who remain persistently febrile. Patients individual risk of severe infection (determined by extent and duration of neutropenia, as well as other risk factors) helps to guide treatment decisions in this setting. 

The Policy attempts to address the responsibilities of researchers, institutions, and Research Ethics Boards (REBs) to their subjects. Ethical principles are shared across disciplines such that subjects should expect equal rights as well as benefits and risks across all fields. The Policy provides a framework of common procedures by which the ethics review process may be standardized. The Policy continues to recognize the diversity of various fields, but promotes the sharing of general ethical principles. Thus, this document can lend itself to many areas. The Policy is not intended to address specific ethical dilemmas but to provide guiding principles and standards as well as promote thought regarding areas of controversy. 

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