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Research institutions and officials increasingly are finding that extra layers of oversight are better than too few. While IRBs once were the only organizations to oversee human subjects protection of research participants, now there are additional committees and offices assisting with this task.
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The FDA briefly suspended the ability of an independent IRB to conduct expedited reviews after raising concerns over the conduct of one such review.
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One of the most important ways IRBs can improve the informed consent process is by encouraging investigators to confirm comprehension for their potential subjects, an expert suggests.
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When IRB directors are coping with the repercussions of staff burnout, they should keep in mind that burnout typically only happens to people who have a strong passion for their job, an expert notes.
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Few sounds or smells in the emergency department (ED) get our attention as easily as vomiting. In response, we might reflexively order our "one-size-fits-all" standard antiemetic and begin by assuming that this is probably just another case of "gastroenteritis." There are, however, several antiemetics to choose from, each with its own advantages and disadvantages, as well as a myriad of diagnostic possibilities to consider.
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So noted Barbara Chanko, RN, a health care ethicist who was one of the speakers in a Veterans Health Administration national ethics teleconference in late May.
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There's no doubt that physicians are the linchpin of the healthcare system. And when it comes to patient education and counsel regarding diagnoses, prognoses and possible death, they also bear the leadership role.
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One individual in the UK, who happens to be on the Salford City Council in Great Britain, has introduced what is being called the "right-to-die card" in that country and has set off a controversy among those in the Christian pro-life movement and those who choose it as a way to make their wishes known in the event they are incapacitated due to sudden injury or illness.
