New Ethical-Review Policy for Clinical Medical Research

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Abstract
ONE of the last actions of outgoing Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Patricia Harris was to sign off on the much-delayed final regulations for ethical review of clinical medical studies and other research involving human beings.1 The effective date of the new policies is July 28, 1981, although it is suggested that local human-studies committees may institute the new system as soon as possible.The new regulations, which are substantially based on the recommendations of the National Commission for the Protection of Subjects in Biomedical and Behavioral Research, are long, detailed, and complex. It is difficult to summarize . . .

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