VA Research: Protections for Human Subjects Need to Be Strengthened

[摘要] A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed rights and welfare of veterans who volunteer to participate in research at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the effectiveness of its human subject protection system, focusing on: (1) VA's implementation of human subject protections; (2) whether weaknesses exist in VA's system for protecting human subjects; and (3) VA's actions to improve human subject protections at those sites affected by sanctions applied by regulatory agencies and throughout VA's health care system."

[发布日期] 2000-09-28 [发布机构] United States. General Accounting Office.

[关键词] Government accountability -- United States.;veterans;va research;letter report