Evaluating the science and ethics of research on humans : a guide for IRB members / Dennis J. Mazur.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mazur, Dennis John
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Human experimentation in medicine > Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical ethics.
Medicine > Research > Moral and ethical aspects.
Ethics Committees, Research > organization & administration.
Human Experimentation > ethics.
Ethical Review.
Human Experimentation > standards.
United States.
Physical Description:xi, 252 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The IRB : its work, and its challenges
  • What is an IRB, and what does it do?
  • Basic terms and concepts used in IRB work
  • What is risk?
  • The scientific protocol and the informed consent form
  • Prescreening of proposals
  • The scientific protocol
  • The informed consent form
  • Recruitment, selection, and compensation of study participants
  • Research involving questionnaires and surveys
  • Protection of participants' privacy in research data and specimens
  • The continuing work of the IRB
  • The ethical issues of informed consent
  • Continuing review, communication, and feedback
  • Where are IRBs making mistakes, and how can we minimize mistakes?
  • Strategies for managing the IRB workload and supporting IRB decision making
  • Decision-making capacity and accountability in research.