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Federal regulations for protection of human subjects in biomedical and behavioral research have been in place since 1974. Preceded by the Belmont Report, which described ethical principles for human research, regulations known as the Common Rule (common across federal agencies) followed. They may be found at 45 CFR 46 and are administered by the Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP). Updated regulations have been approved and are expected to be in effect by early 2018.
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Caplan, A.L., Redman, B.K. (2018). Human Subjects’ Protection. In: Caplan, A., Redman, B. (eds) Getting to Good. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51358-4_4
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