I’m a senior physician with both clinical and clinical research experience. Before this year, I had undergone bilateral total hip replacements and a right total shoulder replacement. (As a younger man ...

The principle of respect for persons demands that participants enter the research voluntarily and with adequate information. When deceptive methodologies are used, participants are given incomplete or ...

The federal regulations for the protection of human subjects (Common Rule) were revised effective January 20, 2019 to reduce administrative burdens for low-risk research while enhancing protections ...

Informed consent documents explain to potential participants the information that a reasonable person would want to have in order to make an informed decision about whether to participate. Using this ...

Informed consent involves a subject being given information that a reasonable person would want to have to make an informed decision about whether to participate in research, and the chance to discuss ...

Informed consent (IC) is a fundamental aspect of ethical clinical research, safeguarding the rights and well-being of participants. It empowers participants with comprehensive information about the ...

Erratum: Analysis of the Implementation of Telehealth Visits for Care of Patients With Cancer in Houston During the COVID-19 Pandemic An electronic survey was administered to first-time telemedicine ...

Click here to watch a short video on what is Exception From Informed Consent research. Acute care research is sometimes conducted under Exception from Informed Consent regulations. In many ...

Informed consent represents one of the most important ethical aspects of clinical treatments and scientific research involving humans. This article will discuss the key elements of informed consent ...

Exempt research does not require the informed consent to be documented (it is at the discretion of the researcher), but the Bowdoin IRB does expect that informed consent be provided to the ...

It is the policy of Western Michigan University that all research involving human subjects will be reviewed by the Institutional Review Board. The involvement of human subjects in research is not ...