2. According to this video, what is the primary ethical justification for not providing substantial monetary compensation to medical research participants? Participants are highly compensated in other ways, such as getting regular medical check-ups by a team of expert providers otherwise inaccessible to them. The value of any one participant’s contribution to a medical study is actually not particularly high. So covering their basic costs and perhaps adding a nominal payment on top is compensation enough. Giving substantial monetary payments to participants is known to introduce biases that distort the data and lead to invalid research results. Participating in medical research can be risky to a person’s health, and we want to ensure that people aren’t being manipulated into taking unreasonable risks just because they need the money. Correct! Wrong!
