The study cited by Angell as an example of research that violated basic ethical standards
is
a. the Willowbrook experiments.
b. the radiation experiments performed on soldiers.
c. the Milgram experiments on authority and obedience.
d. the Tuskegee experiments on untreated syphilis.
e. the Stanford prison experiment.
Question 2
Angell notes that when a clinical trial is very important and the results may lead to
significant improvements in the treatment of future patients, then
a. it is ethically acceptable to somewhat relax or weaken the ethical standards for
dealing with research subjects.
b. there is a great temptation on the part of researchers to treat research subjects as
merely means to an end.
c. it is then legitimate to exert some pressure on potential research subjects to
participate in the study.
d. and only then is it acceptable to use impoverished persons as research subjects,
and pay them for their participation.
e. researchers are obligated to publish their results at the earliest possible point in
the study, often before the results are complete.