Informed Consent Refers to

question 16

Multiple Choice

Informed consent refers to

• A) U.S. anthropologists' signed commitment to the American Anthropological Association that they will abide by the organization's laws and regulations.
• B) host country leaders' agreement that the specified research be carried out.
• C) people's agreement to take part in research after they have been fully informed about its purpose, nature, funding, procedures, and potential impact on them.
• D) a coercive agreement between anthropologists and study participants that characterized much of the dubious and unethical research practices of the past.
• E) a signed contract between anthropologists and their academic institutions regarding the potential monetary value of the data they will collect in the field and how they will safeguard it.

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Definitions:

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