Effectiveness of Human Research Protection Program Performance Measurements

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 217-228

  Tsan, Min Fu ^a   Nguyen, Yen ^b  

^a McGuire Research Institute   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

and quality improvement; human research protection program; human subjects protections; institutional review board; performance measurement; performance metrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RESEARCH ETHICS; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; INSURANCE, HEALTH; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 85029307268     PISSN: 15562646     EISSN: 15562654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1556264617720387     Document Type: Article

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