Subjects who volunteered to receive an experimental treatment for AIDS are educated about essential study information, assessed for understanding of this information, and asked to willingly participate in the research study. This process is referred to as
a. contractual agreement.
b. debriefing.
c. informed consent.
d. legal liability.
ANS: C
Informed consent includes disclosure to the subject of essential study information, comprehension of this information by the subject, competence of the subject to give consent, and voluntary consent of the subject to participate in the study.
A contractual agreement is what the researcher and the participant enter into once the subject signs the informed consent.
A debriefing takes place after the study is over and addresses any concerns that the subject has as a result of participation in the study.
Legal liability is the extent to which the researcher might be held accountable for any harm to subjects as a result of participation in the study.
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