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Stay one step ahead even after the audit
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Egg donors may not be fully aware of risks
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Elements for obtaining ART informed consent
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News briefs: Misconceptions exist in cancer trials; Medical colleges plan to stop research fraud
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AIDS research needs more women, physicians say
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Third-party status gets further revision
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News briefs: HIV-positive fertility assistance; DA in hockey dad case blocked heart donation; Prisoner heart transplant renews scarcity debate
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One-page checklist saves time for IRB staff
Investigators and student researchers repeatedly called the IRB at the University of the Incarnate Word, asking the same questions, and IRB reviewers complained of continually seeing the same mistakes. Clearly, it was time to make IRB office system and procedural changes. -
An alternative approach to deductive disclosure
In a typical informed consent process, the researcher assures subjects at the outset of a study that their information will be kept confidential and the issue may never come up again.