Asthma in Patient Safety, Preventive & Ethics — Case | Ethics | SMLE Q#15360
SMLE Question #15360
Patient Safety, Preventive & Ethics
Ethics
Objective: OBJ-243
Researchers plan a study to evaluate the relationship between childhood cigarette smoke exposure and adult asthma. A television host will contact adults with asthma and ask whether they were exposed to cigarette smoke as children. The investigators are discussing features of study design and ethics, including when a study would be considered covert (participants are unaware of the true nature of the research). Which of the following elements would specifically make this a covert study?
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