Word: information
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...case that raises dramatic questions about how scientists go about getting consent from their test subjects, a government panel ruled that UCLA researchers failed to inform schizophrenic patients about the risks of an experiment in which they were taken off their medication so that researchers could monitor the course of a relapse. The experiment, now winding down, has been criticized by ethicists for allowing patient-subjects to become dangerously...
...decided: "This books looks okay. My dad gave it to me. I'll read it." Had I known anything about the magnitude of the Bible I probably wouldn't have tried to read the whole thing. But, since no-one was there to inform me of this, I just plunged...
...means should you tell this person to his face. Perhaps you could take a picture with a good lens and then poster the Yard. This is a far less confrontational way to gently inform him, and it avoid what would be several very awkward moments...
First, we are concerned students, not demagogues. Our demonstration purported not to mobilize mass upheaval but rather to inform. Perhaps The Crimson's staff interpreted this approach--one of educational outreach and rational demonstration--as half-heartedness. Though The Crimson's staff conjectures that participants "haven't done much until now," we are in fact a very committed, well-informed and active core group: many of us have been involved--throughout the past year--in a low-profile activism that seemed most constructive after last year's Junior Parents Weekend protests...
...purpose of the meeting is to inform student leaders about our course of action," Lebwohl said. "We hope to involve the [entire] Harvard community in our effort...