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As the research assistant for a clinical trial of a new drug designed to slow malignant pleural mesothelioma, you are responsible for administering the informed consent procedure for potential subjects. Study the informed consent form linked here, and consider the questions below.

1. As part of the confidentiality process, what would you expect to have to do as part of normal procedure:

Place the patient’s name on all records for future use.

Release all records to the National Institute of Health.

Assign numbers for identification.

Release information only to the patient’s insurance company with permission from the principal investigator.







2. In this clinical trial, which of the following is defined as genetic testing:

Blood tests

X-rays

Biopsy samples

All of the above

None of the above






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