A researcher is testing a new drug for a condition that has no existing effective treatments. A sample of people with the condition is recruited and randomly divided into two groups – treatment (which receives the new drug) and control (which receives a placebo). The placebo looks exactly like the real drug but it does not contain the active ingredients, and the participants do not know which they are receiving. To ensure this study is ethical, what needs to be included in the research procedures?

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Answer: For  the study on drugs for the two parties to be ethical ,the following needs to be included in the research procedures.

Identify the Problem.

Review the Literature.  Clarify the Problem.  Clearly Define Terms and Concepts. .  Define the Population.    Develop the Instrumentation Plan.  

Collect Data.  Analyze the Data.

Explanation: The listed points are very essential for any research study . Companies like Pfizer, Novartis, Danone etc. Make use of this process in their research processes.

Some authors claim that ethics in human research is different from ethics in clinical practice. The doctor's obligations to his patient would be different from those of the researcher to the research subject. However, it should not be forgotten that the researcher is the patient's doctor (research subject) most of the time and, as such, must protect the subject as a patient.