Access to full-text SAGE journal articles that have been carefully selected to support and expand on the concepts presented in each chapter. Journal articles can act as an ideal resource to help support your assignments and studies.

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Journal Article 3.1: Neutel, C. I. (2004). The dilemma of using humans as research subjects: An assessment of risks and benefits. Drug Information Journal, 38(2), 113-126.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. What are the four ethical principles The Belmont Report outlines?
2. There are various types of risks to which a participant may be exposed because of the research project. Name some of these risks.
3. Discuss possible benefits for participants of research studies.
4. List and describe a few of the potential risks to society.

Journal Article 3.2: Lind, C., Anderson, B., Oberle, K. (2003). Ethical issues in adolescent consent for research. Nursing Ethics, 10(5), 504-511.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. What are some of the barriers to adolescents’ full involvement in research?
2. Describe what it means when adolescent research participants are referred to as “captive subjects.”
3. Discuss the debate of whether or not children and adolescents should be involved in research.
4. What is the Nuremberg Code?

Journal Article 3.3: Walker, R., Hoggart, L., & Hamilton, G. (2008). Random assignment and informed consent: A case study of multiple perspectives. American Journal of Evaluation, 29(2), 156-174.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. Discuss ethical considerations and random assignment.
2. How can random assignment designs compromise integrity and ethics?
3. How is informed consent obtained from participants in social policy experiments?
4. Discuss the beneficence principle and how it relates to random assignment.