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Weighing risks and benefits in human subjects research can be an objective, clinical process, unless the person who is measuring is also a study participant whose life is at stake.
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The Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) of Rockville, MD, published, on Jan. 18, 2007, its final version of new guidelines on reporting unanticipated problems and adverse events.
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Many IRBs rethink their organizational structure to provide for more efficient review; some decide the time is right to create a second IRB and divide their studies into different areas of expertise.
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As many IRBs rethink their organizational structure to provide for more efficient review, some decide the time is right to create a second IRB and divide their studies into different areas of expertise.
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Intense feelings of anxiety and humiliation, not to mention fears of being sued or professionally censured, are extremely common. Not surprisingly, the appearance of defensive and self-protective strategies that urge concealment are common as well.
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North Carolina's governor, state agencies, and courts were forced to examine the state's capital punishment laws following the release of a position paper from the North Carolina Medical Board (NCMB) in January that effectively prevents physicians from actively participating in executions.
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Full disclosure of information to patients about their illnesses and treatment is considered the cornerstone of patient autonomy; patients capable of making their own health care decisions can only do so if they have enough information to weigh the risks and benefits of treatment.
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Much of America heard about the "Ashley treatment" in late 2006, upon publication of an article detailing the growth-attenuation measures taken in 2004 in the case of a then-6-year-old, severely developmentally disabled Seattle-area girl whose parents sought medical help that might ensure that she could be comfortable and that they could care for her as she grew older.
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An elderly or frail yet competent patient refuses treatment and insists on returning home, where he or she lives alone or with an equally elderly or frail relative.