What's Your Pain Worth? The Ethics of Paying Research Subjects

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What's Your Pain Worth? The Ethics of Paying Research Subjects

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Published on Jun 21, 2026, 12:00:00 AM
Total time: 00:04:00

Episode Description

Would you take $5,000 to be in a painful medical study? And should researchers even be allowed to ask?

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