Human subjects issues and IRB review in practice-based research

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL.1, 2005, Pages

  Wolf, Leslie E ^a,c   Walden, Janice Ferrara ^b   Lo, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c Program in Medical Ethics   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics committees, research; Institutional review boards; Legislation, medical; Practice based research; Public policy; Research subjects

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REVIEW; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20444389188     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.302     Document Type: Review

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