Rethink our approach to assessing risk

For four years, officials in the United States have been working on modified rules to regulate research with human participants. At the heart of the issue - and one likely reason why the discussions are taking so long - is the question of risk, and how to assess it. In fact, the goal of the new rule...

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Published inNature (London) Vol. 522; no. 7556; p. 257
Main Author Grinnell, Frederick
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Nature Publishing Group UK 18.06.2015
Nature Publishing Group
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Analysis
Decision making
Human Experimentation - legislation & jurisprudence
Human Experimentation - standards
Human subjects
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Informed consent
Medical research
multidisciplinary
Regulation
Review boards
Risk assessment
Risk Assessment - methods
Risk Assessment - standards
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Uncertainty
world-view
United States > US
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Summary:For four years, officials in the United States have been working on modified rules to regulate research with human participants. At the heart of the issue - and one likely reason why the discussions are taking so long - is the question of risk, and how to assess it. In fact, the goal of the new rules is to more effectively link how risky a project is perceived to be for the people taking part with how it should be regulated. Hence the name: risk-based regulation.
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ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/522257a