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institutional review board (IRB),
an organizational committee that reviews and approves biomedical research that uses humans as subjects. Institutional Review Board a group of peers in a clinical setting that examines a research proposal to insure patient safety and addresses the ethics of the proposed study.
institutional review board Medical ethics A review body of physicians and lay persons established or designated by an entity–eg, a university hospital or academic health care facility, to protect the safety and welfare of human subjects
participating in biomedical or behavioral research; the IRB debates and approves or rejects research projects performed at the institution. See Ethics committee, Helsinki Declaration, Nuremburg code. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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