Researchers in many topics face the same problems about possibly influencing results and seek to minimise the possible impact this may have. Many kinds of research–clinical and non-clinical–must and do tackle similar problems while still turning out high quality work. However, this and the other rationales cited by Dennis et al disguise a deeper problem. The researchers claim they did not think that failure to provide the fullest possible information would harm their patients. Though this is probably true in a physical sense, it omits to consider the underlying rationale for providing full information–namely, that good research should not only be scientifically sound but it must also at all times respect the subject. Any failure to offer this respect is in itself a harm, even if its consequences are not physical. Indeed, it could plausibly be argued that omitting any substantial factor in the research protocol is enough to render the research unethical, no matter how important the postulated outcome. This is particularly true given that no researcher can know in advance that his or her results will be important.