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October 25, 2017

Part 2 – Balancing Society’s Mandates: I.R.B. Review Criteria

This video is part of a series produced in 1986 by the National Library of Medicine. It depicts an Institutional Review Board (IRB) in action. Narrated by Dr. Edmund Pellegrino of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, it explains the IRB review process and criteria, and why IRBs sometimes seek clarification and information from researchers.

Note: This video was created before the 2018 revisions of the Common Rule and may include information that is not up to date.

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