The goal of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) addresses which of the following? The principle or right of/to:
a. beneficence
b. justice
c. respect
d. self-determination
ANS: B
The principle of justice states that human subjects should be treated fairly in terms of the benefits and risks of research. This is one of the goals of the HIPAA regulations.
The principle of beneficence encourages the researcher to do good and "above all, do no harm." Violation of the subjects' privacy rights could do a great deal of harm.
The principle of respect for persons indicates that persons should be treated as autonomous agents with the right to participate in a study or not.
The right to self-determination is based on the ethical principle of respect for persons and it indicates that humans are capable of controlling their own destiny.
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