Office For Protection From Research Risks
Provides clarification and guidance on ethical issues in biomedical or behavioral research involving human or animal subjects.
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Human Research Subject Protection
Informed consent is an explanation of human experimentation risks, and is designed to protect human subjects from experimentation without obtaining the subject's explicit approval.
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