The Main Purpose of an Institutional Review Board Is to

question 61

Multiple Choice

The main purpose of an institutional review board is to

• A) protect any human subjects from harm.
• B) protect human subjects' right to an informed consent.
• C) protect the human subjects' privacy.
• D) All of these are true.
• E) None of these is true.

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