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Institutional Review Boards and Social Science Research: A Report on Protecting

Authors: American Association of University Professors
Publication Type: Report
Secondary Title: American Association of University Professors
Abstract: This report summarizes concerns about Institutional Review Board (IRB) oversight of social science research, discusses the relationship IRBs have to issues of academic freedom, and describes government regulations and their applicat...
Year: 2000
URL: http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/comm/rep/A/protecting.htm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-02-01 14:57

The Researcher's Bill of Rights

Authors: Perlstadt, Harry
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Medical Humanities Report
Abstract: The author discusses the need to restore a reasonable balance of power between the interests of researchers and the power of Institutional Review Boards (IRBs). The author looks at some ways in which IRB committees could potentiall...
Year: 2004
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Perlstadt%20Bill%20of%20Rights.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-15 14:13

Continuing Research and Protecting Confidentiality

Authors: American Sociological Association
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: J.D. Brighton has studied a small community for some time and recently published a paper showing that there were significant differences in perceptions of police behavior in different parts of the community. The local police chief d...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.asanet.org/ethics/detail.cfm?id=Case65

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-01-19 15:58

The Institutional Review Board Member Handbook

Authors: Amdur, Robert J. ; Bankert, Elizabeth A.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: Designed to give Institutional Review Board (IRB) members the information they need to protect the rights and welfare of research subjects, this book gives a short history of the IRB system, what areas IRB discussions should focus o...
Year: 2007

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-02-02 10:18

Research by Students

Authors: American Sociological Association
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A student decides to do her dissertation on the cultural differences in response to pain in cancer patients. Her advisor suggests a medical school where she may be able to do her research, but in reviewing her project proposal, the...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.asanet.org/ethics/detail.cfm?id=Case55

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-01-19 15:46

Seifromax

Authors: DuBois, James M.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A clinician-researcher who is participating in a multi-site study of an anti-depressant for adolescents refuses to prescribe the drug off-label to patients whose parents do not consent to enroll them in the clinical trial. One paren...
Year: 2004
URL: http://www.emhr.net/index.php?mact=casestudies,cntnt01,default,0&cntnt01what=studie&cntnt01alias=Seifromax&cntnt01returnid=64

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-20 12:57

Washout and Psychosis-Inducing Experiments

Authors: DuBois, James M.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The director of an advocacy group asks your hospital’s institutional review board (IRB) to discontinue all washout and psychosis-inducing studies....
Year: 2004
URL: http://www.emhr.net/index.php?mact=casestudies,cntnt01,default,0&cntnt01what=studie&cntnt01alias=Washout-and-Psychosis-Inducing-Experiments&cntnt01returnid=64

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-20 11:54

Learning

Authors: Sieber, Joan E.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Dr. Jones collects oral histories from members of an ethnically diverse neighborhood as part of a study on aggressive behavior in children and would like to share the compiled document with community members to promote study buy-in....
Year: 2004
URL: http://www.emhr.net/index.php?mact=casestudies,cntnt01,default,0&cntnt01what=studie&cntnt01alias=Learning&cntnt01returnid=64

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-20 11:16

Protecting Research Subjects

Authors: Watkins, Joe
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Prof. Lee’s doctoral student is preparing his dissertation and wants to include candid photographs that he took. The student did not include photographic methods in the application to the IRB, he did not get signed permission from t...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.research.umn.edu/ethics/pdf/protectingresearchsubjects.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-08 11:50

Human subjects protection and cultural anthropology

Authors: Plattner, Stuart
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Anthropological Quarterly
Abstract: This article discusses how institutions receiving federal funding to engage in research involving humans must follow federal regulations known as the common rule, and how these rules specifically apply to research in anthropology an...
Year: 2003

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-02-17 15:35

Offering Results to Research Subjects: U.S. Institutional Review Board Policy

Authors: Kozanczyn, Christa ; Collins, Katie ; Fernandez, Conrad V.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Accountability in Research: Policies & Quality Assurance
Abstract: Background: This study aims to determine the nature of United States Institutional Review Board (IRB) policy in a broad spectrum of research settings regarding the return of results to study participants. The researchers found a mar...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1080/08989620701670179

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-20 16:34

The Expanding Purview: Institutional Review Boards and the Review of Human Subjects Research

Authors: Borenstein, Jason
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Accountability in Research: Policies & Quality Assurance
Abstract: The implications of the institutional review board (IRB) system's growing purview are examined. Among the issues discussed are whether IRBs are censoring research and whether the IRB review process fundamentally alters the research ...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1080/08989620802201866

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-20 16:32

Untapped Potential: IRB Guidance for the Ethical Research Use of Stored Biological Materials

Authors: Wolf, Leslie E. ; Lo, Bernard
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IRB: Ethics & Human Research
Abstract: Focuses on the use of biological materials in various research in the U.S. Determination on the factors causing the increase of mortality rate in the country; Awareness on the causes of rheumatoid arthritis; Ways of improving the gu...
Year: 2004

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-28 14:29

IRB Policies Regarding Finder's Fees and Role Conflicts in Recruiting Research Participants

Authors: Wolf, Leslie E.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IRB: Ethics & Human Research
Abstract: The article reports on institutional review board (IRB) policies on finder's fees and role conflicts in recruiting research participants in the U.S. It focuses on financial conflicts which may arise in clinical research. Related top...
Year: 2009

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-28 14:29

Genomic Research Data: Open vs. Restricted Access

Authors: Resnik, David B.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IRB: Ethics & Human Research
Abstract: The article discusses open access and restricted access approaches concerning genomic research data. Restricted access provides confidentiality for research participants, yet potentially decreases the pace of scientific progress. Op...
Year: 2010

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-28 14:25

Problems with Minimal-Risk Research Oversight: A Threat to Academic Freedom?

Authors: Rasmussen, Lisa M.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IRB: Ethics & Human Research
Abstract: In this article the author evaluates the report "Research on Human Subjects: Academic Freedom and the Institutional Review Board," by Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure of the American Association of University Professors in...
Year: 2009

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-28 14:25

Canadian Research Ethics Boards and Multisite Research: Experiences from Two Minimal-Risk Studies

Authors: Racine, Eric ; Bell, Emily ; Deslauriers, Constance
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IRB: Ethics & Human Research
Abstract: The article presents a study in which the authors examine their experiences of dealing with research ethics board (REB) reviews for multisite research in Canada, which requires REB approval on all research that involves human subjec...
Year: 2010

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-28 14:25

Ethical Review of Interpretive Research: Problems and Solutions

Authors: Jacobson, Nora ; Gewurtz, Rebecca ; Haydon, Emma
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IRB: Ethics & Human Research
Abstract: The article focuses on interpretive research using qualitative methods and describes tensions that can be applied to other forms of emergent inquiry. It begins by locating the genesis of the problem in the issues of epistemology and...
Year: 2007

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-28 14:20

SACHRP Recommendations for Review of Children's Research Requiring DHHS Secretary's Approval

Authors: Fisher, Celia B. ; Kornetsky, Susan Z.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IRB: Ethics & Human Research
Abstract: The article focuses on the recommendations for the review of children's research requiring the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Secretary's approval. If an Institutional Review Board (IRB) determines that...
Year: 2005

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-28 14:18

Third-Party Risks in Research: Should IRBs Address Them?

Authors: Hausman, Daniel M.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IRB: Ethics & Human Research
Abstract: The article focuses on the ethical issue on the question of whether the Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) shall protect the third parties from the risks of involving human subjects in research in the U.S. It discusses several ethic...
Year: 2007

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-28 14:19

Local IRBs, Multicenter Trials, and the Ethics of Internal Amendments

Authors: Jansen, Lynn A.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IRB: Ethics & Human Research
Abstract: Discusses a case study presented before a local institutional review board to review a protocol for a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial for the treatment of schizophrenia. Criteria for the eligibility of individuals...
Year: 2005

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-28 14:20

Ethics in mental health research : principles, guidance, and cases

Authors: DuBois, James M.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book discusses the main ethical issues faced by mental health researchers, and provides some guidance about how researchers can work with institutional review boards and federal legislation protecting human research subjects. I...
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0712/2007009644.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-28 14:17

"You May Have Already Won…": An Examination of the Use of Lottery Payments in Research

Authors: Brown, Joseph S. ; Schonfeld, Toby L. ; Gordon, Bruce C.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IRB: Ethics & Human Research
Abstract: This article presents information on the payment of human subjects to participate in research. Payment to human subjects still remains an unresolved ethical issue facing Institutional Review Boards (IRBs). According to an informal s...
Year: 2006

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-28 14:16

Assessing the Quality of Human Research Protection Programs: The Experience at the Department of Veterans Affairs

Authors: Baochong, G. A. O. ; Smith, Karen ; Min-Fu, Tsan
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IRB: Ethics & Human Research
Abstract: The article discusses research participant protection programs within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The protection of human subjects in research has been a priority of institutional review boards (IRBs) and the U.S. ...
Year: 2010

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-28 14:23

Bipolar Mania and Capacity to Consent: Recommendations for Investigators and IRBs

Authors: Misra, Sahana ; Rosenstein, Donald ; Socherman, Robert ; Ganzini, Linda
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IRB: Ethics & Human Research
Abstract: The article presents a review of research on the decisional capacity of patients with mental health disorders, discusses how mania characteristics may affect research participation and provides recommendations for investigators and ...
Year: 2010

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-28 14:23