An Institutional Review Board (IRB) Has Reviewed a Study and Determined

Multiple Choice

An institutional review board (IRB) has reviewed a study and determined that participating in the study will likely make the participants feel uncomfortable and embarrassed. Could the IRB allow the researchers to begin this study?

A) No; making participants uncomfortable is never acceptable.
B) Yes; the IRB examines only whether participants will be in physical pain.
C) Yes; as long as participants are not overly harmed and the research has significant value.
D) No; if any aspects of research studies are harmful in any way, IRBs cannot allow them.