Bill of Rights

As a study participant, you have the following rights. This includes, but is not limited to, your right to:

• Be informed of the nature and purpose of the experiment.
• Be given an explanation of the procedures to be followed in the medical experiment, and any drug or device to be utilized.
• Be given a description of any attendant discomforts and risks reasonably to be expected.
• Be given an explanation of any benefits to the study participant reasonably to be expected, if applicable.
• Be given a disclosure of any appropriate alternatives, drugs, or devices that might be advantageous to the study participant, and their relative risks and benefits.
• Be informed of the avenues of medical treatment, if any, available to the study participant after the experiment if complications should arise.
• Be given an opportunity to ask questions concerning the experiment or the procedures involved.
• Be instructed that consent to participate in the medical experiment may be withdrawn at any time and the study participant may discontinue participation without prejudice.
• Be given a copy of the signed and dated consent form.
• Be given the opportunity to decide to consent or not to consent to a medical experiment without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, coercion, or undue influence on the study participants decision.
• Be assured that your private health information is and remains confidential and is not disseminated without your explicit permission.