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37 J.L. Med. & Ethics 1 (2009)

handle is hein.journals/medeth37 and id is 1 raw text is: THE JOURNAL OF LAW9 fEDHCHNINB & TETHILCG VOLUME 37:1 • SPRING 2009 EDITORIAL STAFF EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Sandra H. Johnson, J.D., LL.M. Ana Smith iltis, Ph.D. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Benjamin W. Moulton, J.D., M.P.H. EDITOR Edward J. Hutchinson ASSISTANT EDITOR Courtney J. Me Clellan THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LAW, MEDICINE & ETHICS CONFERENCE DIRECTOR Katie Kenney Johnson MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR Margo G. Buege The Journal ofLaw, Medicine & Ethics is owned and published by the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Inc. The views and opinions expressed in the Journal are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the publisher or the Journal's editorial staff. LETTER FROM THE EDITOR ne of the first, most noble, and most fundamental impulses of those in the medical and legal professions is to protect the vulnerable. Physicians and others in health care, above all else, wish to heal the sick and protect those at risk. Attorneys and those in the legal profession, meanwhile, work to ensure that the law is applied fairly to all, and that justice is served, regardless of the particular circumstances of the individual. Despite the admirable goals of these individuals, it is clear that vulnerable populations have been taken advantage of throughout history, and that much of this was done under the guise of biomedi- cal research. Victims of medical research during the Nazi Holo- caust of the Second World War and the subjects of the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study in the United States are two of the most well-known examples. Because of this emphasis in the media on the sins of the past, some people would believe that the problem of vulnerability has been largely solved. As Guest Editor (and JLME Co-Editor-in-Chief) Ana Iltis and the authors of this symposium make clear, however, subjects are still vulnerable in all kinds of medical research today, even when they participate in studies run by researchers with the best of intentions. It is the duty of researchers, lawyers, physicians, and bioethicists, then, to ensure that the vul- nerable are always, and always will be, protected. This symposium, Vulnerability in Biomedical Research;' takes a broad view of what it means to be in danger of exploitation in medi- cal research. Christine Grady, for instance, examines the position of those with limited financial resources, and Dan Bustillos looks at those who have only a limited proficiency in the English language. Jerry Menikoff looks at what he calls the vulnerability of the very sick, while Raymond Tait considers the ethics of research on those who suffer from a great deal of pain. These essays, among others in the symposium, together form a thoughtful analysis of how the topic of vulnerability in biomedical research continues to be worthy of the consideration of scholars from various disciplines, and that it is one that loses none of its power even after the headlines have faded and the spotlight has turned its harsh glare elsewhere. Ted Hutchinson Editor JLME VULNERABILITY IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH * SPRING 2009

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