Dr Lin Is a Health Psychologist Who Is Examining the Impact

Dr. Lin is a health psychologist who is examining the impact of a medication on risk of heart attack. Approximately one year into her study she realizes that participants in her experimental condition are outliving participants in her control condition. Once she realizes that her treatment offers a life-sustaining benefit, what should she do?

A) She should end the study and administer the treatment to all participants.
B) She should continue the study but allow those in her control condition to leave the study if they would like.
C) She should end the study and withhold the treatment from both groups until the study can be replicated by another scientist who can verify her findings.
D) She should continue the study but let the control group know that they are being kept from the effective medical treatment being used in the experimental condition.