Question

A criterion for waiving informed consent is that, when appropriate, subjects are provided additional pertinent information after the study. In which of the following studies would it NOT be appropriate to provide subjects with information about missing elements of consent?

Answer 1

Answer: A study in which subjects were assigned to study activities based on an undesirable or unflattering physical characteristic as assessed by members of the research team.

Explanation:

If subjects were to learn that the research team assigned them to study conditions based on undesirable or unflattering physical characteristics, the knowledge that their appearance was judged negatively by the research team could be very distressing and, therefore, it would not be appropriate to inform subjects after the study about how they were assigned. Informing subjects about the actual research procedures in the other studies would be unlikely to cause them harm.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct response is this 'IN A STUDY IN WHICH SUBJECTS WERE ASSIGNED TO STUDY ACTIVITIES BASED ON AN UNDESIRABLE OR UNFLATTERING PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AS ASSESSED BY MEMBERS OF THE RESEARCH TEAM.  

Explanation:

Ethics is a very important issue in research study. Researchers that used human participants in their works are required to fulfill some conditions in regard to the people they used in their studies.

For instance, researchers are expected to tell the participants all the details of their research study in order to make it easy for the participants to determine whether they want to participate or not. Each participant must agree to participate in the research after knowing all the fact of the research study, this agreement is usually in written form and is called informed consent.

The process of obtaining informed consent from the participants may be waived if the researcher agree to give all the detailed information to the participants after the study and by assuring them that they will not be harmed in the process.

It will not be appropriate to provide participants with information about missing elements of the consent if the participants were subjected to undesirable treatment during the study. Providing more information in this kind of instance can put a researcher in a big problem.