IRBs Search for Answers and Support During a Time of Institutional Change
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About 1,300 people involved in institutional review attended the 25th annual meeting of Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research (PRIM&R) and its membership organization, the Applied Research Ethics National Association. Institutional review boards have been criticized by the President's National Bioethics Advisory Commission, the General Accounting Office, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Inspector General. In addition, clinical research programs at several medical centers were halted by the NIH Office for Protection from Research Risks (OPRR). OPRR claimed the hospitals' IRBs failed to follow all the rules regarding the research review process.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2000
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Institutional review boards under stress: will they explode or change?
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Most participants involved in the debate about institutional review boards (IRBs) agree that the boards are too valuable to abandon but it is clear that changes must be made. IRBs were created by the government in the 1970s to oversee all research involving human subjects. The IRBs are located at the universities where the research takes place and are composed of 5 to 30 people. Many IRBs are inundated with paperwork and frustrated with government policies. They are not always supported by their university because the IRB does not generate revenue.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1996
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Conference explores ethics of animal research with critical thinking and balanced argument
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Veterinarians, biomedical scientists and members of the public gathered at a 1996 conference to discuss the ethical aspects of medical research using animals. Many ethicists believe that animals cannot be excluded from the moral community to which humans belong. They support the progressive abolition of animal research, which would eliminate the use of animals as suitable replacements are found. Every research laboratory that uses animals must follow guidelines published by the National Research Council in 1963.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1996
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