{"id":755,"date":"2018-05-07T07:32:42","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T07:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/document\/deception-and-concealment\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T11:32:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:32:42","slug":"deception-and-concealment","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/guidance\/deception-and-concealment\/","title":{"rendered":"Deception and Concealment"},"template":"","categories":[24],"tags":[],"content-type":[41],"topic":[66],"update-type":[],"class_list":["post-755","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","category-institutional-review-boards-irbmed","content-type-guidance","topic-investigator-study-team-responsibilities"],"acf":{"use_legacy_editor":true,"updated_date":"2018-05-07 10:30:00","update_notice":false,"author":"IRBMED","summary":"<a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/deception\"><em>Deception<\/em><\/a>\u00a0in <a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/human-subject-0\">human subjects<\/a> research means deliberately misleading subjects about the nature of a study.\u00a0<a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/concealment\"><em>Concealment<\/em><\/a> means deliberately withholding certain information.\r\n\r\nStudies involving deception or concealment must meet all criteria for a waiver or alteration of <a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/informed-consent\">informed consent<\/a>. The study must pose no more than <a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/minimal-risk-0\">minimal risk<\/a> to subjects, and the waiver or alteration must not adversely affect subjects\u2019 rights and welfare. 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