Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-11-2008
Journal / Book Title
CMAJ
Abstract
It is right to be wary of research conducted without the participants' consent. There is especially good reason to look closely when scientists try to answer questions that seem trivial or that involve substantial risk to the unaware participants. In the worst cases, we could imagine researchers skirting informed-consent guidelines with no clear sense of purpose and even fewer incentives to show that their work is safe. To many critics, this evokes images too similar to textbook examples, such as the Nazi medical experiments or the Tuskegee syphilis studies.
DOI
10.1503/cmaj.080136
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Herrera, Chris, "In praise of undercover research" (2008). Department of Philosophy Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 17.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/philosophy-facpubs/17
Rights
(c) 2008 Canadian Medical Association Journal
Published Citation
Herrera, C. “In Praise of Undercover Research.” Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 178, no. 6, Mar. 2008, pp. 723–24., https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080136.