Mazur, Dennis John.

Evaluating the science and ethics of research on humans : a guide for IRB members / Dennis J. Mazur. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. - xi, 252 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-245) and index.

Contents

Introduction. What Can the New IRB Member Expect?

Part I. The IRB: Its Work and Its Challenges
1. What Is an IRB, and What Does It Do?
2. Basic Terms and Concepts Used in IRB Work
3. What Is Risk?

Part II. The Scientific Protocol and the Informed Consent Form
4. Prescreening: The Quality of the Submitted Materials and the Qualifications of the Research
Team
5. The Scientific Protocol
6. The Informed Consent Form
7. Recruitment, Selection, and Compensation of Study Participants
8. Research involving Questionnaires and Surveys
9. Protection of Research Data, Specimens, and Privacy

Part III. The Continuing Work of the IRB
10. The Ethics of Scientific Research on Humans
11. Continuing Review, Communication, and Feedback
12. Where Are IRBs Making Mistakes, and How Can We Minimize the Occurrence of Mistakes?
13. Strategies for Managing the IRB Workload and for Protecting IRB Decision Making
14. Decision-Making Capacity and accountability in Research

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Human experimentation in medicine--Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical ethics.
Medicine--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.
Ethics Committees, Research--organization & administration--United States.
Human Experimentation--ethics--United States.
Ethical Review--United States.
Human Experimentation--standards--United States.

WB 60 M476e 2007