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Evolving Concern: Protection for Human Subjects

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A series of three documentary films about the protection of human subjects in medical and behavioral research in the United States. Produced by the National Library of Medicine for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Evolving Concern: Protection for Human Subjects

IMDb 0.0 1986

This short film recounts efforts in the 20th century to develop programs and procedures that protect human subjects of research. Citing selected historical events in behavioral and biomedical research, it shows how protections such as institutional review boards (IRBs) came about in the United States, and why they were needed.