IRB Decision‐Making with Imperfect Knowledge: A Framework for Evidence‐Based Research Ethics Review

Here we describe the five steps of evidence‐based practice as applied to research ethics review and apply these steps to three exemplar dilemmas: incentive payments in substance abuse research; informed consent for biobanking; and placebo‐controlled trials involving pregnant women in order to demonstrate the potential of empirical data to inform and improve IRB decision‐making.
Source: The Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics - Category: Medical Law Authors: Source Type: research