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Register now for Duke OHRP conference; AAHRPP accredits its first international site
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A new approach to informed consent currently being developed at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital could greatly improve the way in which patients and their families learn about complicated protocols, says the physician who is leading the development team.
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IRBs often err too much on the side of caution, creating a situation in which investigators do not trust their judgment and doubt their fairness, an expert says.
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An anonymous survey of principal investigators (PIs) suggests that IRBs that are heavy-handed with research protocols might unwittingly encourage deceit among researchers.
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As the debate continues over whether journalists in academic settings are subject to IRB oversight, a newspaper journalist has taken the unusual step of voluntarily seeking out IRB review of his work.
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It's an ambush of sorts a patient, armed with information on the latest prescription drug gleaned from television or print advertising, insists that his or her doctor prescribe the drug, even if the physician is unfamiliar with the drug or unsure of its safety and efficacy.
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Research studies on the effects of prayer on healing have yielded contrasting findings, but can and should medicine try to quantify and qualify religious faith as a healing modality?
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Perhaps for as long as there have been physicians, there has been the notion that sometimes what a patient knows could hurt him. "Therapeutic privilege," the decision by a physician to withhold information from a patient for his or her own good, is a concept of the past, the American Medical Association (AMA) has determined.
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Employing placebo therapy without patients' knowledge or cooperation is unethical, the American Medical Association's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs states in a new report.
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Physician peer review has been a galvanizing topic since the mid-1980s, when federal law imposed protections for those lodging charges against physicians; protections that, depending on your opinion, either protect the peer review process or allow it to serve as a weapon for hospitals and dishonest physicians to rid themselves of whistleblowers and competitors.