Do participants who are harmed in research face too many barriers to claiming compensation?

too many students’ congresses, are they necessary and useful?

Sample size: how many participants do I need in my research?*

The importance of estimating sample sizes is rarely understood by researchers, when planning a study. This paper aims to highlight the centrality of sample size estimations in health research. Examples that help in understanding the basic concepts involved in their calculation are presented. The scenarios covered are based more on the epidemiological reasoning and less on mathematical formulae....

Too hard to face.

While the Holocaust is often placed at the genesis of bioethics, this relatively young field has not yet seriously explored the conduct of German scientists and physicians involved in the human subjects experiments of the Holocaust. We comfort ourselves with the beliefs that the individuals involved in the events of the Holocaust were mad or evil and unlike other scientists and physicians. Yet ...

Clinical cutoffs for adherence barriers in solid organ transplant recipients: how many is too many?

OBJECTIVE The current study used multiple statistical methods to determine empirically derived and clinically relevant cutoff scores on the Adolescent Medication Barriers Scale (AMBS) and Parent Medication Barriers Scale (PMBS) to detect adolescents and young adults with solid organ transplants who experienced medication nonadherence or negative medical outcomes. METHODS Participants included...

Barriers to ambulatory EHR: who are 'imminent adopters' and how do they differ from other physicians?

OBJECTIVE Despite existing knowledge regarding electronic health record (EHR) barriers in the ambulatory setting, little is known, specifically, about physicians who are likely to adopt EHR imminently. The current study identifies these imminent adopters and compares their barriers to other physicians. DESIGN AND MEASUREMENTS Mail survey of Florida physicians (n = 14,921) about barriers to EH...