1989
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.298.6683.1268
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“…The function of Institutional Review Boards in reviewing and supervising research studies with human participants is vital. Ensuring that the projected research complies with ethical standards and protects the rights of participants is an essential function [43,44,45]. IRBs assess the study design, methodology, informed consent process, data collection procedures, and any potential risks or benefits associated with the research.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The function of Institutional Review Boards in reviewing and supervising research studies with human participants is vital. Ensuring that the projected research complies with ethical standards and protects the rights of participants is an essential function [43,44,45]. IRBs assess the study design, methodology, informed consent process, data collection procedures, and any potential risks or benefits associated with the research.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The number of applications in a year varied from eight to 400, the size of the committees from four to 22, and the number of lay members from 0 (one committee) to four-with 16 of the sample of 28 committees having a practising nurse, 21 a general practitioner, four a lawyer, and 11 a pharmacist. Seven committees provided no printed information, and three held no meetings, the protocols being approved by post or in one instance in straightforward cases by the chairman.…”
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“…Here ethical review has always been voluntary; in the United States it has for long been a federal legal requirement, done mostly by institutional review boards. 16 Interestingly, 30 years ago Pappworth contended that voluntary control would not work, since it had never succeeded before-a view initially opposed by the formidable Oxford professor, Leslie Witts, but later supported by him. [17][18][19] Nevertheless, the American system has apparently produced a vast bureaucracy and thoughtful critics have suggested a semiofficial system instead -such as the two tiered system in Denmark, with central and regional committees on which there are equal numbers of lay and scientific representatives.…”
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