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The Ethical Review of Medical Research: A Social Movement to Protect the Interests of Research Subjects
Author(s) -
Osborne L.W.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1984.tb00785.x
Subject(s) - medical research , project commissioning , institutional review board , publishing , engineering ethics , research ethics , political science , ethical issues , public relations , public administration , medicine , law , engineering , psychiatry , pathology
This paper is based upon observations made in the United States regarding the operation of the Institutional Review Boards. Institutional Review Boards are an essential part of the American system for the ethical review of human subjects research and it is argued that their importance is due in part to the American approach to the protection of minority groups. It is important to evaluate the effectiveness of the Institutional Review Boards since a similar model is being proposed by the National Health & Medical Research Council as part of the ethical review of medical research projects conducted in Australia.