In the Willowbrook Hepatitis Project

question 39

Multiple Choice

In the Willowbrook hepatitis project,

• A) mentally retarded individuals were purposely infected with hepatitis in order to understand how the disease develops.
• B) mentally retarded individuals with hepatitis were denied treatment so that researchers could understand the course of hepatitis in untreated individuals.
• C) mentally retarded individuals with hepatitis were randomly assigned to receive one of three treatments in order to compare the effectiveness of the different treatments.
• D) participants were fully informed about the nature of the research project and had the right to discontinue their participation at any time.

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