Considerations and costs of disclosing study findings to research participants
Canadian Medical Association JournalPublished 27 April 2004Open access
Conrad V. Fernandez
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The disclosure of study findings to participants in research reflects the moral obligation of researchers to avoid treating human participants as a means to an end.
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The disclosure of study findings to participants in research reflects the moral obligation of researchers, founded in the ethical principle of respect for human dignity, to avoid treating human participants as a means to an end. Human dignity is respected through proper procedures of obtaining
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