Research on how people respond to informed consent forms has revealed that
a. many Americans don't read well enough to understand what they are reading on the informed consent forms.
b. many people do not bother to read the informed consent forms because they trust the researchers.
c. the informed consent forms often omit information important for people to understand the research
d. people are often upset after learning what they will have to undergo if they participate in the research.
Question 2
The Nuremburg Code of ethics in human research arose because of
a. the failure to provide medical treatment in the research on syphilis done at the Tuskegee Institute.
b. the addition of radioactive substances in children's food at a home for the developmentally disabled.
c. the obedience studies conducted by Milgram.
d. the Nazi research in the second world war.
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