Should society allow research ethics boards to be run as for-profit enterprises?
BACKGROUND TO THE DEBATE: An important mechanism for protecting human research participants is the prior approval of a clinical study by a research ethics board, known in the United States as an institutional review board (IRB). Traditionally, IRBs have been run by volunteer committees of scientists...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2006-07-01
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| Series: | PLoS Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1518668?pdf=render |