Trust in the System: Research Ethics Committees and the Regulation of Biomedical Research

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Adam Hedgecoe

Trust in the System

Research Ethics Committees and the Regulation of Biomedical Research

Adam Hedgecoe

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English

Manchester University Press
10 December 2020

Sociology & anthropology; Medical research; Medical sociology; Impact of science & technology on society

Series: Inscriptions

This book focuses on Research Ethics Committees (RECs), a way of regulating research involving humans, found all across the developed world (in the US they are known as IRBs, Institutional Review Boards) and increasingly in developing countries. These bodies regulate research in advance of it taking place, by deciding whether scientists should carry out particular experiments or not. Despite coming into existence in the late 1960s, and the considerable literature bemoaning the chilling effect such review has on biomedical research and the costs and challenges associated with getting approval - we don't know very much about how these bodies make decisions. Sitting on the border between Science and Technology Studies and medical sociology, this book provides one of the first empirical examinations of this kind of regulation, drawing on observational, interview and archival data to give in-depth ethnographic insight into RECs. -- .

By: Adam Hedgecoe
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 435g
ISBN: 9781526152916
ISBN 10: 1526152916
Series: Inscriptions
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 10 December 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction – On the margins of a trusting system 1 Paper promises or written applications as trust warrants 2 Trust, local knowledge, and distributed centralisation 3 Facework, interaction, and the performance of trustworthiness 4 Reviewing science, trusting the reviewers Conclusion – Regulatory giraffes? Index -- .

Adam Hedgecoe is a Professor in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University -- .