RAND Research Topic: Bioethics 2012-05-24T14:56:20Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/bioethics.html Proposed Directions of Change to the Common Rule for Protecting Human Research Participants: RAND Responses http://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP659.html Dec 2, 2011 Dec 2, 2011 Documents RAND's responses to proposed changes in the Common Rule, which regulates Institutional Review Board protection of human research participants. Guiding Good Research: Biomedical Research Ethics and Ethics Review: Observatory on Health Research Systems http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB536.html Jan 28, 2008 Jan 28, 2008 <p>Provides an overview of ethics and ethical reviews in biomedical research. The purpose of the document is to brief non-specialists on the key aspects of the evolution and current debate of biomedical research ethics and assessment of proposed research by ethics committees or review boards. The briefing highlights principle areas of consensus and tension, and outlines different approaches to the formal ethical scrutiny of proposed research.</p> Comments on Collecting and Utilizing Biological Indicators in Social Science Surveys http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080001.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007 The Weapons of Mass Creation http://www.rand.org/commentary/2003/02/13/LAT.html Feb 13, 2003 Feb 13, 2003 Published commentary by RAND staff. Molly Morgan Jones http://www.rand.org/about/people/m/morgan_jones_molly.html <em>Senior Analyst</em><br>Ph.D. in science and technology policy, University of Sussex; M.Sc. (with distinction) in science and technology policy, University of Sussex; B.A. (magna cum laude) in biology (physiology), Northwestern University