A Researcher Studying the Effects of a Certain Pain Reliever

question 28

Multiple Choice

A researcher studying the effects of a certain pain reliever on children with chronic pain gave one group of children the pain medication and gave a placebo (or sugar pill) to another group of children. After the results were recorded, the placebo group did not receive real pain medication. This violates which of the following children's research rights?

• A) privacy
• B) beneficial treatments
• C) informed consent
• D) knowledge of results

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