Introduction to Epidemiology 6th Edition by Ray M Merrill

Exercise 12

Which of the answer sets below best matches the considerations listed in the left column with the ethical principles in the right column?

___ Risks associated with research participation are acceptable in relation to the potential benefits	A. Respect for persons
___ The benefits and burdens of research are distributed fairly	B. Beneficence
	C. Justice
___ Confidentiality
___ Informed consent
___ Research methods are scientifically sound

Step 1 of 3

There are three major principles that should guide the framework of research involving human participants are respect for person, beneficence and justice.

Respect for person involves participants that obtained informed consent in a pre-defined manner. It assures to maintain confidentiality and avoid discrimination and stigmatic powership. It also compensates participants to perform the task in a given set of time to avoid any adverse consequences from participation process.