Regulating Human Research : IRBs from Peer Review to Compliance Bureaucracy
Babb, Sarah
ISBN 10: 1503611221 ISBN 13: 9781503611221
Published by Stanford University Press, 2020
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Institutional review boards (IRBs) are panels charged with protecting the rights of humans who participate in research studies ranging from biomedicine to social science. Regulating Human Research provides a fresh look at these influential and sometimes controversial boards, tracing their historic transformation from academic committees to compliance bureaucracies: non-governmental offices where specialized staff define and apply federal regulations. In opening the black box of contemporary IRB decision-making, author Sarah Babb argues that compliance bureaucracy is an adaptive response to the dynamics and dysfunctions of American governance. Yet this solution has had unforeseen consequences, including the rise of a profitable ethics review industry.
About the Author: Sarah Babb is Professor of Sociology at Boston College, and author of many published works exploring the connections among organizations, professions, and the state. She served on the Boston College IRB for three years.
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Title: Regulating Human Research : IRBs from Peer ...
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Date: 2020
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: As New