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The Ethics of Random Clinical Trials
- jellicle 16y agoFor what it's worth, as a general rule any research done on human subjects - this would count - must not cause (much) harm to any group of subjects. So, for example, if it became clear during the study that either group of subjects in the study were doing materially worse than the other, there would have to be a review to determine whether the study should be stopped. That would be normal practice in any sort of medical study. I do not know if NYC's Homeless Services department operates under similar rules or not. It says CUNY is participating and almost certainly CUNY does have an IRB that has signed off on this, with whatever conditions it thought appropriate.