Protecting Participants and Facilitating Social and Behavioral Sciences Research
National Research Council author National Academy of Sciences author Committee on National Statistics author Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education author Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences author Panel on Institutional Review Boards, Surveys, and Social Science Research author Constance F Citro editor Daniel R Ilgen editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:National Academies Press
Published:26th Jul '03
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Institutional review boards (IRBs) are the linchpins of the protection systems that govern human participation in research. In recent years, high-profile cases have focused attention on the weaknesses of the procedures for protecting participants in medical research. The issues surrounding participants protection in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences may be less visible to the public eye, but they are no less important in ensuring ethical and responsible research. This report examines three key issues related to human participation in social, behavioral, and economic sciences research: (1) obtaining informed, voluntary consent from prospective participants: (2) guaranteeing the confidentiality of information collected from participants, which is a particularly challenging problem in social sciences research; and (3) using appropriate review procedures for a /minimal-riska research. Protecting Participants and Facilitating Social and Behavioral Sciences Research will be important to policy makers, research administrators, research sponsors, IRB members, and investigators. More generally, it contains important information for all who want to ensure the best protectiona "for participants and researchers alikea "in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences.
ISBN: 9780309088527
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
Weight: 454g
276 pages