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IRB and Patient Safety

Medical research is important to quality health care delivery. However there must be trust between the public, medical researchers, and the health care industry.

This means ensuring patient/participant safety in medical research.

Discuss the role of the IRB and the Belmont Report in ensuring ethical and safe treatment of patients during medical research.

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