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IRB staff can greatly improve how the IRB meeting minutes are written by following a few helpful hints, experts say.
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There isn't a black and white answer when an IRB discovers that a human subjects research site has collected some data that is tainted by a protocol violation.
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A federal undercover investigation into possible vulnerabilities in the IRB review system has led to the closure of one independent IRB, and has left other IRBs wondering whether the due diligence they exercise is diligent enough.
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The office of protocol research at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, has created comprehensive guidelines that IRB members can use as they present their findings and opinions of protocols.
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Is reluctance to permit exceptions from informed consent in emergency research (EICER) preventing important studies from moving forward?
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Medical ethics is not the typical topic of free community health discussions, but the staff at Winona Health's Senior Services, as well as staff at Home Care and Hospice in Winona, MN, have found a welcoming audience for the talk.
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The overriding ethical issue of a pandemic influenza â or any other health crisis involving a contagious disease â appears to be the dilemma of balancing public health vs. individual liberties.
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Depending on the ultimate decision of the Montana Supreme Court in the case of Baxter v. Montana, the complex issue of assisted suicide ultimately could mean that Montana becomes the third state in the United States to allow for physician-assisted suicide, after Oregon and more recently, Washington state.
