What ethical guideline(s)is are violated in the following study? A child therapist thinks the new,untested psychotherapy she recently developed is more effective than physician-prescribed medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.To research the effectiveness of her therapy,she tells parents that the therapy replaces the need for the medications and then provides the therapy to half of her clients,without telling parents about the study or which treatment group their child is in.
A)voluntary participation and informed consent.
B)no harm to the participant.
C)deceiving subjects.
D)all of these.

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All three ethical guidelines are violated in this study. The therapist is deceiving parents by not informing them of the study and which treatment group their child is in, which violates the principle of informed consent. The therapist's decision to provide untested therapy to children without their parents' knowledge could potentially harm the child and violate the principle of no harm to the participant. Finally, the therapist's act of deceiving subjects by providing them with misinformation to participate in the study violates the principle of voluntary participation.

What Ethical Guideline(s)is Are Violated in the Following Study? a Child