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Biomedical Ethics
A Flawed Revision of the Common Rule
In September 2015, sixteen federal agencies released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that outlined far-reaching changes to…
Multimedia informational aids for research on medical practices
Participant understanding is a key element of informed consent for enrollment in research. However, participants often do not…
IRB’s and patients’ views on consent for research on medical practices
In the context of research on medical practices, which includes comparative effectiveness research and pragmatic clinical trials, empirical…