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Into the Void: A Staggering Sum of Unreported Research Data
In what amounts to a stunning compromise of research principles, a recent review of clinical trials over a five-year period found that results were never published for almost 90,000 participants.
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How Can IRBs Best Handle Ethical Conflicts in Social Media Research?
IRBs often review protocols in which investigators are using social media as a recruitment tool or a way to inform study participants about a particular disease. They might also use social media to keep tabs on potential or current research subjects. All of these intersections in the use of social media and human research protection can raise ethical red flags.
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How IRBs Can Fill in the RAC Gap
With changes to how gene therapy research is reviewed and regulated, IRBs will need to do more on their own to ensure study participant safety.
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The RAC Is Disappearing — What Will IRBs Be Missing?
The NIH has published new guidelines to streamline gene transfer research by eliminating RAC’s pre-review role and closing a national database of gene transfer studies.
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Pediatric Critical Care Providers at Risk for Compassion Fatigue
There has been much attention paid to burnout in physicians; in contrast, less attention has been paid to compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction.
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Chaplains Want More Inclusion in Patient Care Discussions
The key role chaplains perceived themselves to play was as liaisons between the patient, family, and medical team.
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New Ethical Guidance on Response to Physician Impairment
Questions about impairment should address a physician’s current status rather than his or her history, not distinguish between mental and physical health, and elicit objective information about functional status.
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Study: Shared Decision-Making Occurs Too Late
Close collaboration between ethics and the ICU clinical team can go a long way toward addressing this issue.