title: The politicizing of science: when "protection" of subjects' rights leads to a wrong.
abstract: Scientific inquiry is becoming increasingly under attack by political and legalistic forces. The ability to conduct survey research is becoming more difficult, and if the trend continues there will be little useful information available about the size and nature of social problems that affect the lives of many people. Current procedures for the protection of subjects in survey research are more than adequate and new restrictions are unnecessary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Beauvais
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003625:Data Collection / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D006805:Human Experimentation; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011057:Politics; D012106:Research / Q000592:standards*; D012574:Schools / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States