A person gives consent to participate in a study, is assigned to ...

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A person gives consent to participate in a study, is assigned to an intervention group, and is expected to remain in the study for 1 year.
 
  What ethical principle is violated if after 6 months the subjects in the treatment group have more problems than the control subjects, and the nurse researcher does not allow the members of the treatment group to stop treatment?
  a. Justice
  b. Beneficence
  c. Confidentiality
  d. Respect for persons

Question 2

What is the ethical principle that is violated if doctors inject aged and senile patients with their cancer cells to study their rejection responses?
 
  a. Justice
  b. Beneficence
  c. Confidentiality
  d. Respect for persons

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A

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A Justice is an ethical principle that preserves a participant's right to fair treatment. Participants should be able to withdraw without recrimination from the researcher. They can choose to withdraw from a study at any time.
B Beneficence refers to benefitting others.
C Confidentiality refers to privacy.
D Respect for persons refers to self-determination.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D

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A Justice refers to fair treatment.
B Beneficence refers to benefitting others.
C Confidentiality refers to maintaining privacy.
D Participants have a right to decide whether they receive a treatment or not. Injecting senile patients with a medication without their expressed consent violates the ethical principle of respect for persons.