Title: Evaluating the science and ethics of research on humans :
Authors: Mazur, Dennis John.
Date: 2007
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press,
Physical description: xi, 252 pages ; 23 cm
Language: English
LC classification: R
Contents: Introduction/what can the new IRB member expect? -- What is an IRB, and what does it do? -- Basic terms and concepts used in IRB work -- What is risk? -- 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 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 -- Summary : the IRB's key role -- A check list for reviewing a scientific protocol -- A check list for reviewing an informed consent form.
Subject headings (LCSH): Human experimentation in medicine--Moral and ethical aspects.; Medical ethics.; Medicine--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.