Cognitively-impaired human research subjects need better protection

Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 15:00 in Psychology & Sociology

(Garrison, NY) Practices for protecting human research subjects with Alzheimer's disease and other conditions that make them incapable of giving informed consent are widely variable and in need of more concrete ethical and legal guidance, according to a study in IRB: Ethics & Human Research.

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