Adrift in the gray zone: IRB perspectives on research in the learning health system

AJOB Empirical Bioethics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 125-134

  Lee, Sandra Soo Jin ^a   Kelley, Maureen ^b   Cho, Mildred K ^a   Kraft, Stephanie Alessi ^a   James, Cyan ^e   Constantine, Melissa ^c   Meyer, Adrienne N ^d   Diekema, Douglas ^e   Capron, Alexander M ^f   Wilfond, Benjamin S ^e   Magnus, David ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

informed consent; IRB; qualitative research; randomization; research ethics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZATION; RESEARCH SUBJECT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84962856850     PISSN: 23294515     EISSN: 23294523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23294515.2016.1155674     Document Type: Article

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