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adequate and timely information to and education for those
entities regulated concerning protection of human subjects
in research. They would expect that the organizations
carrying out the research had been informed about what they
were supposed to do and guided in what they were supposed
to do.
I think the individual would expect adequate
and consistent -- at least minimal protections in research
regardless of the source of funding or support. Obviously
we see that this is a major issue. How far is this office
going to regulate? As far as it does now or is it going to
take on all research regardless of resources, or support,
or funding?
I think we have to start thinking in this
direction. I think in this day and age it is not
appropriate to ask individuals to try to sort out is it
federally funded research or is it under a state law or is
someone looking after my rights and welfare, or is it one
of those seven categories which were alluded to that simply
fall between the cracks.
I also think that the individual would expect
timely and consistent investigations of allegations of
noncompliance with human subjects protections by both
regulated entities and the investigators. And then, of