Guest guest Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 Research participant An individual who participates in a biomedical research project, either as the direct recipient of an intervention (e.g., study product or invasive procedure), as a control, or through observation. The individual may be a healthy person who volunteers to participate in the research, or a person with a condition unrelated to the research carried out who volunteers to participate, or a person (usually a patient) whose condition is relevant to the use of the study product or questions being investigated. Operational Guidelines for Ethics Committees that review Biomedical Research, WHO, Geneva, 2000. http://www.searo.who.int/LinkFiles/RPC_Operational_Guidlines_Ethics.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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