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Direct benefit

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A benefit arising from receiving the intervention being studied. King NMP. Defining and Describing Benefit Appropriately in Clinical Trials. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics. 2000;28(4):332-343. doi:10.1111/j.1748-720X.2000.tb00685.x

Note: Compensation to research participants is not a benefit of research. Rather, compensation is meant to offset the time and inconvenience of participation, as well as to serve as an incentive to participate.


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