Why is research on certain populations generally banned? Please provide some examples?
What will be an ideal response?
ANS: Research must follow the Belmont principles of respect for persons, beneficence, and justice. Research on populations such as prisoners, people in hospitals, and institutionalized mentally ill people violates at least the first and third of these principles. People from these categories are not independent and can thus be pressured to participate. In some cases, their circumstances make it impossible for them to provide true informed consent.
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