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Question: (Last edited: Friday, 31 July 2020, 6:09 PM)Animal welfare | |||
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Answer: 1. The health and well-being of animals. 2. The ethical obligation to protect and promote animal welfare in research. Factors affecting animal welfare include: food, water, housing, climate, mental stimulation, and freedom from pain, suffering, disease, and disability. See also Three Rs. | |||
Question: (Last edited: Friday, 31 July 2020, 6:09 PM)Animal rights | |||
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Answer: the view that (non-human) animals have moral or legal rights. Proponents of animal rights tend to regard animal experimentation as unethical because animals cannot consent to research. | |||
Question: (Last edited: Friday, 31 July 2020, 6:08 PM)Animal care committee | |||
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Question: (Last edited: Friday, 31 July 2020, 6:07 PM)Amendment | |||
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Answer: a change to a human subjects research protocol approved by an institutional review board or the board’s chair (if the change is minor). | |||
Question: (Last edited: Friday, 31 July 2020, 6:07 PM)Adverse event (AE) | |||
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Answer: a medically undesirable event occurring in a research subject, such as an abnormal sign, symptom, worsening of a disease, injury, etc. A serious adverse event (SAE) results in death, hospitalization (or increased hospital stay), persistent disability, birth defect, or any other outcome that seriously jeopardizes the subject’s health. AEs which are also unanticipated problems should be reported promptly to institutional review boards and other appropriate officials. | |||
Question: (Last edited: Friday, 31 July 2020, 6:03 PM)Accountability | |||
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Answer: taking personal responsibility for one’s conduct | |||