The views of quality improvement professionals and comparative effectiveness researchers on ethics, IRBs, and oversight

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 132-144

  Whicher, Danielle ^a   Kass, Nancy ^a   Saghai, Yashar ^a   Faden, Ruth ^a   Tunis, Sean ^b   Pronovost, Peter ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Medical Technology Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Focus groups; Informed consent; IRB review; Qualitative methods; Research ethics committee

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESEARCH ETHICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; CONFIDENTIALITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 84960487555     PISSN: 15562646     EISSN: 15562654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1556264615571558     Document Type: Article

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