Review, Research Peer Clinical Trial
Official title:
Implications of Ethics Determinant on Dentistry and Pharmacy Research: A Study of IRB Perspective
The ethical review of dental and pharmacy research protocols has its own challenges facing the institutional ethical committees. Seemingly low risk procedure might pose controversies among committees' members. The aim of this article is to describe some of the ethical concerns, particular to dental and pharmacy research that an ethics committee could face while reviewing dental research.
The investigators have read all protocols submitted to the MIU IRB and reviewed all meetings' minutes to outline the ethical concerns that warranted discussions in the meetings, and how the committee came to a resolution for those concerns. ;