Article ID: CBB733380502

The Privatization of Human Research Ethics: An American Story (2021)

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Abstract In recent decades, there has been a remarkable shift in the governance of human research ethics in the United States. A model once based on review by panels of local volunteers has given way to a system dominated by large, for-profit research ethics committees. America’s reliance on for-profit ethics review is unique among wealthy industrialized countries. How can we account for this anomaly? In this article, I show that for-profit irb s represent only the most visible aspect of the privatization of human research protections in the United States. I suggest that private institutions have emerged as “workaround” solutions to systemic problems, in the absence of comprehensive policy reforms.

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Authors & Contributors
Tinnerholm Ljungberg, Helena
Jacobs, Noortje
Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi
Bonsignore, Alessandro
Ciliberti, Rosagemma
Magaly Tornay
Concepts
Biology and ethics; bioethics
Medicine and ethics
Human experimentation
Research methods
Medicine
Medicine and law
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
Places
United States
South Korea
West Germany
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Institutions
National Institute of Health (U.S.)
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