UID:
almafu_9959798068502883
Format:
1 online resource (185 pages)
ISBN:
1-5036-1123-X
Content:
Institutional review boards (IRBs) are panels charged with protecting the rights of humans who participate in research studies ranging from biomedicine to social science. Regulating Human Research provides a fresh look at these influential and sometimes controversial boards, tracing their historic transformation from academic committees to compliance bureaucracies: non-governmental offices where specialized staff define and apply federal regulations. In opening the black box of contemporary IRB decision-making, author Sarah Babb argues that compliance bureaucracy is an adaptive response to the dynamics and dysfunctions of American governance. Yet this solution has had unforeseen consequences, including the rise of a profitable ethics review industry.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction --
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1. The federal crackdown and the twilight of approximate compliance --
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2. Leaving it to the professionals --
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3. Organizing for efficiency --
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4. Ethics review, inc. --
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5. The common rule and social research --
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6. Varieties of compliance --
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Conclusion --
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Appendix: research informants --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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Issued also in print.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-5036-1014-4
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1515/9781503611238
