In both the Willowbrook Hepatitis study and the Tuskegee Syphilis study, participants and the parents of participants agreed to participate in the study and were given treatment by medical professionals. Were the principles of the Nuremberg code violated in these studies?
A. No, because participants volunteered and received benefits like coverage of funeral costs in return.
B. No, because participants could easily end the experiment at any time.
C. No, because any harm done to the participants was minor and outweighed by the scientific knowledge gained by the experiment.
D. Yes, because in both cases, participants were denied treatment or prevention of a disease so that researchers could observe it.
E. Yes, because the researchers were not allowed to end the studies, even when they wanted to.
Answer: D
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