CHILDRENS HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES 
EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS BILL OF RIGHTS 
Any person who is requested to consent to participate as a subject in a 
research study involving a medical experiment, or who is requested to consent 
on behalf of another, has the right to: 
1. Be informed of the nature and purpose of the experiment; 
2. Be given an explanation of the procedures to be followed in the medical 
experiment, and any drug or device to be utilized; 
3. Be given a description of any attendant discomforts and risks reasonably 
to be expected from your /your child's participation in the experiment; 
4. Be given an explanation of any benefits reasonably to be expected from 
your/your child's participation in the experiment; 
5. Be given a disclosure of any appropriate alternative procedures, drugs 
or devices that might be advantageous to you/your child, and their 
relative risks and benefits; 
6. Be informed of the avenues of medical treatment, if any, available to 
you/your child after the experimental procedure if complications should 
arise ; 
7. Be given an opportunity to ask any questions concerning the medical 
experiment or the procedures involved; 
8. Be instructed that consent to participate in the experimental procedure 
may be withdrawn at any time and that you may discontinue participation 
in the medical experiment without prejudice; 
9. Be given a copy of this form and the signed and dated written consent 
form. 
10. Be given the opportunity to decide to consent or not to consent to the 
medical experiment without the intervention of any element of force, 
fraud, deceit, duress, coercion or undue influence on your decision. 
You have carefully read the information contained above in the "Experimental 
Subject's Bill of Rights" and you understand fully the rights of a potential 
subject in a medical experiment involving people as subjects. 
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