Eric Lee's research has focused on the effects of coercion and undue inducement on consent, particularly on informed consent in medical ethics. He has argued that coercion can be compatible with valid consent, and thus, that voluntariness is not necessary for valid consent. This does not suggest that coercion is permissible. Rather, a condition other than voluntariness is needed to explain why coercion invalidates consent in some but not all cases. He has also argued that the current approach to preventing undue inducement in medical research is seriously misguided.
