Your Agency Is Trying a New Intervention That Has Not

question 5

Multiple Choice

Your agency is trying a new intervention that has not been researched for risk or effectiveness. Which of the following practices is most ethical?

• A) Providing the new intervention to as many people as possible and as quickly as possible, without a control group
• B) Conducting the research on a homogenous group (e.g., women only)
• C) Letting clients know that the intervention is experimental so they can make informed decisions about whether to participate
• D) Provide the intervention to paying clients only, putting all other clients on a waiting list if they want to pay through insurance

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Definitions:

Safety

The condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk, or injury, often referenced in the context of health, environment, and work.

Control Group

A group in an experiment or study that does not receive the experimental treatment and is used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do.

Experimental Group

In research, a group of subjects who are exposed to the variable under investigation, as opposed to the control group which is not.

Comparisons

The act of evaluating two or more items to highlight their similarities and differences.