Scope and Venue Issues for Informed Consent

Ethical Dilemmas in Research Integrity
What would you do if faced with a difficult issue in research integrity? There are no right or wrong answers, but your opinion will surely help others to make their best choice. Browse the dilemmas by category and click to respond with your views about each.

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Scope and Venue Issues for Informed Consent

A researcher who is studying intestinal bacteria has designed an innovative, non-invasive probe for collecting samples during a routine colonoscopy procedure. Must she explain the risks of colonoscopy when obtaining informed consent to use this probe? Can she assume that no colonoscopy will ever be performed solely for the purpose of using her probe to obtain a sample?