More research volunteers could be compensated for their time and effort under recommendations being considered by an HHS advisory panel.
A federal advisory panel July 31 will likely approve recommendations on addressing ethical concerns of offering payments to research participants. Institutional review boards (IRBs)— ethics panels that need to approve any human research before it can proceed—frequently minimize or prohibit payments to research volunteers to make sure any compensation doesn’t spill over into undue influence, said Wake Forest University bioethicist Nancy M. P. King.
“This is kind of killing a fly with a sledgehammer,” King said while presenting the draft ...
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