Practice question · True or false
Obtaining a signed consent form is enough to make a study ethical, even if the IRB never reviewed it and participants were not allowed to withdraw.
Hints
- Ethics is a whole system of protections, not a single form.
- Consent is one requirement among several - withdrawal rights and prior IRB review also matter.
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False
Why
False. Consent is necessary but not sufficient - ethical research also requires the right to withdraw, prior IRB review, minimized harm, and more. Treating a signature as a complete ethical guarantee ignores the rest of the protections.
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