Hi On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, David B. Daniel, Ph.D. wrote:
> I think this has been discussed before but: What is the > optimal membership make-up of a human subjects review board? > We have a proposal to include a community member, an > administrator and several faculty. Just wondering. The "optimal" membership for psych would probably be psychologists, or perhaps social scientists. But that may not be the sense of "optimal" you had in mind. The recently-posted link to the new APA ethics guidelines suggests that APA may be liberating somewhat psychological research from the medical model, lawyers, and professional ethicists. Here's the section on Dispensing with Informed Consent. 8.05 Dispensing With Informed Consent for Research Psychologists may dispense with informed consent only (1) where research would not reasonably be assumed to create distress or harm and involves (a) the study of normal educational practices, curricula, or classroom management methods conducted in educational settings; (b) only anonymous questionnaires, naturalistic observations, or archival research for which disclosure of responses would not place participants at risk of criminal or civil liability or damage their financial standing, employability, or reputation, and confidentiality is protected; or (c) the study of factors related to job or organization effectiveness conducted in organizational settings for which there is no risk to participants' employability, and confidentiality is protected or (2) where otherwise permitted by law or federal or institutional regulations. I'm less familiar with the situation in the US, but here in Canada my impression is that the pressure (from granting agencies) to have one set of ethics guidelines to cover everything from the most invasive medical procedures to the most inocuous questionnaires puts up unnecessary barriers to psychological research. Best wishes Jim ============================================================================ James M. Clark (204) 786-9757 Department of Psychology (204) 774-4134 Fax University of Winnipeg 4L05D Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] CANADA http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark ============================================================================ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
