A research subject reported to a nurse that he was not receiving as much physical therapy as his friend who was not in the study. Which human right needs to be investigated?
a. Anonymity
b. Fair treatment
c. Privacy
d. Self-determination
ANS: B
The right to fair treatment suggests that people should be treated fairly and should receive what they are due or owed.
Complete anonymity exists if the subject's identity cannot be linked, even by the researcher, with his or her individual responses.
Right to privacy is one of the human rights established by the National Research Act.
Self-determination refers to individuals' rights to knowingly become a subject in the study or not and to do so of their own free will. The correct answer is "Fair treatment." The right to fair treatment suggests that people should be treated fairly and should receive what they are due or owed.
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