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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Waiver Form Example
Date: Friday, September 4, 2015 9:13:56 AM
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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Accommodations for a service animal in the lab
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 11:14:55 -0400
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From: Allen Niemi <anniemi**At_Symbol_Here**MTU.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Waiver Form Example
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 09:43:51 -0400
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Ben, that seems like something I would think of. But, I don't think it is practical anyway. If the physician fails to properly assess the hazard, what would you do about it? You will not win the battle of confidence between you and a student's doctor. Let the student get their doctor's advice and then add your own perspective so the student has all the information available. I think it would be a bad idea to send in a fictitious experiment.

Al

On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 7:05 AM, Ben Ruekberg <bruekberg**At_Symbol_Here**chm.uri.edu> wrote:

An ethical question occurred to me.

Assuming a student wishes to consult their physician regarding which experiments they should ask to be excused, would it be ethical to insert in the information an experiment which will not be performed but which calls for the use of a teratogenic, mutagenic or allergenic compound? If the physician fails to identify this "experiment" as proscribed, their competence to advise should be called into question. This could be valuable information. On the other hand, it involves deception.

Does this fall under the rubric of human experimentation without proper informed consent, taking the physician's time unnecessarily, or simply a bad idea?

Any thoughts, politely stated, would be welcome.

Thank you,

Ben



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