Convictions seemed quite likely this week after the judge, James M. Burke, rejected the group's "necessity defense," an argument that civil disobedience was justified to "avert a greater harm" -- the potential risk of fire deaths.
Newspapers need to balance the public's right to know with the potential risk of harm to jurors, he said.
Despite this, the potential risk of harm from the vaccine on the fetus is a key factor in low uptake of the vaccine.
Consistent with the Belmont Report, procedures to reduce risk and the potential risk of harm to subjects in this study was critical even though this study only involved administrative data with minimal risks.
This case study reinforces the ethical need to disclose the potential risk of harm to prospective patients as well as the importance of establishing a multidisciplinary postoperative supportive group.
Assistant Chief Constable Mark Bates, national policing lead for CCTV, said the "location and number of cameras should be determined by the potential risk of harm to the public, rather than by a quota approach".
The most alarming and significant aspect of these findings is the potential risk and harm the company may have caused to thousands of people whose treatments were based on the hit-or-miss results of the blood tests conducted by Theranos labs.
Yet scientists emphasize that high-dose vitamin A supplements should never be taken by women of childbearing age because of the potential risk of harm to a developing foetus.
Where applicable, privacy and confidentiality safeguards should be commensurate with the potential risk of harm from disclosure, and should be proportional to the sensitivity of the information and the kind of research being carried out [ 48, 51].
While there is some evidence for the effectiveness of SSRI medication, this is to be weighed up against the potential risk of harm in this age group, and the fact that so many questions concerning administration remain unanswered.
Health professionals were not only concerned about a lack of evidence for benefit they were also worried about the potential risk of harm, especially if they were to give advice about a device but could not provide adequate follow-up to ensure its safe use in the community.
