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Research Methods And Policies, Charles Weijer Dec 1997

Research Methods And Policies, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.


Structuring The Review Of Human Genetics Protocols: Gene Localization And Identification Studies, Kathleen Glass, Charles Weijer, Roberta Palmour, Stanley Shapiro, Trudo Lemmens, Karen Lebacqz Jun 1996

Structuring The Review Of Human Genetics Protocols: Gene Localization And Identification Studies, Kathleen Glass, Charles Weijer, Roberta Palmour, Stanley Shapiro, Trudo Lemmens, Karen Lebacqz

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.


Placebo Orthodoxy In Clinical Research Ii: Ethical, Legal, And Regulatory Myths, Benjamin Freedman, Kathleen Glass, Charles Weijer Dec 1995

Placebo Orthodoxy In Clinical Research Ii: Ethical, Legal, And Regulatory Myths, Benjamin Freedman, Kathleen Glass, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.


Democracy In Medicine?, Charles Weijer Oct 1995

Democracy In Medicine?, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.


Monitoring Clinical Research: An Obligation Unfulfilled, Charles Weijer, Stanley Shapiro, Abraham Fuks, Kathleen Glass, Myriam Skrutkowska Jun 1995

Monitoring Clinical Research: An Obligation Unfulfilled, Charles Weijer, Stanley Shapiro, Abraham Fuks, Kathleen Glass, Myriam Skrutkowska

Charles Weijer

The revelation that data obtained for the US-based National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) from subjects enrolled at Hôpital Saint-Luc in Montreal was falsified has eroded public trust in research. Institutions can educate researchers and help prevent unethical research practices by establishing procedures to monitor research involving human subjects. Research monitoring encompasses four categories of activity: annual reviews of continuing research, monitoring of informed consent, monitoring of adherence to approved protocols and monitoring of the integrity of data. The authors describe characteristics of research projects that may call for monitoring procedures in each category. The form taken by …


The Duty To Exclude: Excluding People At Undue Risk From Research, Charles Weijer, Abraham Fuks Mar 1994

The Duty To Exclude: Excluding People At Undue Risk From Research, Charles Weijer, Abraham Fuks

Charles Weijer

The clinical trial is the major investigational tool of clinical medicine. Two recent reports highlight the fact that the most often quoted mechanisms for the protection of research subjects, viz., research ethics board review and eligibility criteria, are insufficient to achieve this end. In this paper, we argue that the prime mechanism for the protection of persons in clinical trials should be the clinical judgement of the physician-investigator. The clinical investigator has a duty to protect subjects from both harm and undue risk. It is argued that the clinical investigator has a duty to screen for, and exclude, potential research …


[Demarcating Research And Treatment Interventions: A Case Illustration]: Commentary, Benjamin Freedman, Charles Weijer Jun 1992

[Demarcating Research And Treatment Interventions: A Case Illustration]: Commentary, Benjamin Freedman, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.