The Difference Between an Institutional Review Board (IRB) and a Hospital's

question 745

Multiple Choice

The difference between an Institutional Review Board (IRB) and a hospital's Ethics Committee is that

• A) the IRB focuses on patient care only, and the Ethics Committee addresses both patient care and business practices.
• B) the Ethics Committee reviews ethics complaints, and the IRB focuses on developing policies and procedures.
• C) the IRB deals with the ethical treatment of human research subjects, and the Ethics Committee covers a wide range of issues.
• D) the IRB is made up entirely of patient care providers, and the Ethics Committee is multidisciplinary.

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Definitions:

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