ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the aspect of the ethical socialization of biomedical researchers, namely, those structures, processes, and experiences which are supposed to instill in them the knowledge, values, and norms necessary for satisfactory ethical performance with regard to the use of human subjects. It describes a developmental sequence of socialization experiences, structures, and processes through which biomedical researchers pass, from premedical school experiences to the structures and processes of medical school, internship and residency, and research groups. The chapter shows how their data on a few of the patterns produced by the stages of this sequence have some consequences for at least the expressed standards of biomedical researchers with regard to the consent and the risk-benefit issues. It is concerned with describing the processes through which biomedical researchers are socialized into a concern for the rights and welfare of research subjects.
