Assuming that Stanley Milgram's famous 1963 obedience study was not ethical by today's standards, at what point would his study have been discontinued?
A) Immediately after informed consent was obtained
B) Immediately after debriefing occurred
C) After the study, but before it was published
D) Immediately after review by the Institutional Review Board

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The Institutional Review Board (IRB) is responsible for reviewing research studies to ensure that they meet ethical guidelines. The IRB would have likely discontinued Milgram's study if they had reviewed it and found that it did not meet ethical standards. Therefore, the study would have been discontinued at the point of review by the IRB.

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