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by Simon N. Whitney (Author)
This manual will help Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) conduct ethics review that balances the major moral considerations in research with human subjects. Current challenges in the IRB environment are addressed with arguments and insights from dozens of scholars. Useful to the IRB member at any level of experience, Balanced Ethics Review provides the necessary tools needed to create a systemic blueprint for promoting the research and dissemination of scientists and scholars within the standard norms of regulation.
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As an Institutional Review Board (IRB) member, you must balance two interests. Your committee protects subjects and it permits the research that improves our health and lives. Balanced Ethics Review, drawing on basic principles of ethics and regulation, explains how to conduct this balancing task. It does not always provide the answer to knotty questions--that is your job--but it suggests a way of thinking, one that will help you reach morally-justified decisions that respect both subject welfare and our shared need for the fruits of research.
Author Biography
Simon N. Whitney, MD, JD
Associate Professor and William O'Donnell and Regina O'Donnell Chair in Family Medicine
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Associate Professor, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
USA.
