A nurse plans to interview prisoners as part of her master's thesis on treatment of health problems in correctional institutions. What special measures must she take before she studies these potential subjects? (Select all that apply.)
a. Justify to an institutional review board why she must use prisoners as subjects.
b. Devise a consent process that provides for a conservator's signature.
c. Destroy all of her records.
d. Devise interview questions that avoid any mention of prisons or prisoners.
e. Bracket her previous beliefs about prisoners.
f. Assure that the consent process involves no coercion.
ANS: A, F
The U.S. DHHS has identified certain vulnerable groups of individuals, including pregnant women, human fetuses, neonates, children, mentally incompetent persons, and prisoners, who require additional protection in the conduct of research. Researchers need to justify their use of subjects with diminished autonomy in a study, and the need for justification increases as the subjects' risk and vulnerability. Subjects with diminished autonomy may be subject to coercion.
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