Offering results to research subjects: U.S. institutional review board policy

Accountability in Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 255-267

  Kozanczyn, Christa ^a   Collins, Katie ^a   Fernandez, Conrad V ^b,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Hematology Oncology IWK Health center   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Institutional review boards; Participants; Research ethics; Research results

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT RIGHT; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT ACCESS TO RECORDS; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 40149099045     PISSN: 08989621     EISSN: 15455815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08989620701670179     Document Type: Article

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