Open jpellman opened 7 years ago
Thanks for the link. With the term "bottom-up", I was trying to articulate the idea of an organization with a large amount of participation by citizens and/or ordinary members in the shaping of ideas about research ethics.
In response to the following question:
I'm not entirely sure what you mean by a "bottom-up" alternative, but for institutions that don't have their own IRB, private IRBs can fill this need (see: http://www.consortiumofirb.org/faq/).