Obtaining informed consent and other ethical dilemmas.
In the extracts from the discussion presented below, Prof Macklin (RM) and Dr Guerrero-Cohen (DG-C) respond to researchers' queries. Some of the dilemmas that the researchers describe were faced in their own work. Others, based on questions raised by the institutional ethics committee of the Anusandhan Trust, were summarised from the IEC's report.
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