ABSTRACT
While much has been written about the dangers of research for the participants, both in medical and social science research, there is almost no attention paid to the effects of different 'control systems' on the creation of science. Participants will not be harmed if no research is conducted, but then there will be no empirically based scientific knowledge. If the creation of scientific knowledge is brought to a standstill by procedures designed to protect the subjects, is the problem solved? (Reynolds 1972:706)
