An Institutional Review Board (IRB)has Reviewed a Study and Determined

question 75

Multiple Choice

An institutional review board (IRB) has reviewed a study and determined that participating is likely to make the participants feel uncomfortable and embarrassed.Could the IRB allow the researchers to begin this study?

• A) No; making participants uncomfortable is never acceptable.
• B) Yes; the IRB examines only whether participants will be in physical pain.
• C) Yes; as long as participants are not overly harmed and the research has significant value.
• D) No; if any aspects of research studies are harmful in any way, IRBs cannot allow them.

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