Falling Short of Fundamental Fairness: Why Institutional Review Board Regulations Fail to Provide Procedural Due Process
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Stoddard, Daniel G.
Issue Date
2010
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43
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Journal Article
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INTRODUCTION|Research on human subjects holds profound potential for the future of the human race. Human subjects research promises the development of new treatments that extend and improve the quality of life and help prevent disease. Rapidly evolving sciences, along with the sustained development of conventional therapies, offer the hope of cure or treatment for currently untreatable ailments and may ultimately transform the practice of medicine. Social science research on human subjects also provides valuable ways of gaining information about the dynamics of a society. Under federal regulations, an institutional review board ("IRB") must approve all research on human subjects that the federal government conducts or supports. An IRB is a board of five or more members that reviews research proposals to ensure the safety of the research performed. Nearly all universities and other research institutions in the United States have IRBs...
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43 Creighton L. Rev. 1275 (2009-2010)
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Creighton University School of Law