The Censor's Hand: The Misregulation of Human-Subject Research

by Carl Schneider and Carl E. Schneider

Book Overview

An argument that the system of boards that license human-subject research is so fundamentally misconceived that it inevitably does more harm than good.

Medical and social progress depend on research with human subjects. When that research is done in institutions getting federal money, it is regulated (often minutely) by federally required and supervised bureaucracies called "institutional review boards" (IRBs). Do--can--these IRBs do more...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262028913
• ISBN13: 9780262028912
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher