In 2015, the Department of Defense and the University of Pit…
In 2015, the Department of Defense and the University of Pittsburgh conducted an emergency research study on trauma victims to determine if plasma will help with blood clotting in bleeding patients. Although bracelets were available for residents to wear 24/7 to alert medical personnel they did not want to participate in the study, budget constraints made it challenging to widely alert the community. Which of the following hallmark requirements for conducting ethical research was challenging in this study?