Institutional Review Board: Management and Function,   ISBN:9780763730499

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This book is not perfect, but it is the most comprehensive resource in the somewhat obscure field of IRB administration. It's usefulness definitely outweighs its flaws. I recently passed the CIP exam, having read much of the other literature, but using Amdur & Bankert almost exclusively for review. Be sure it is the 2nd edition, the latest one at the moment. I found it so backbreaking to carry around for reading on the bus, etc., that I cut it up with a utility knife into its 10 sections. The way it is bound works well for this, and it was much easier to read "cover to cover" in portable chunks in time for exam day.

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Weighing in at over 500 pages, Bankert and Amdur's second edition of Institutional Review Board is filled with just about every topic imaginable in the ethics and law of human subjects protection, and the day-to-day operation of an Institutional Review Board. The content is divided into 11 parts, and numerous small chapters. This is a key strength of the book. Because the chapters are so well organized in the table of contents, and because the chapters are so short, usually three to six pages, it is very easy to obtain a quick answer to any question. The authors of each chapter take a balanced approach to their material, citing ethical principles, relevant law, and current opinion. The book is directed primarily at a US audience. I have one small complaint, the itsy-bitsy superscript citations to sections of the federal regulations. These would be better set in the regular line of text as full citations; for example (45CFR46.116).