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In 1963, before the advent of institutional review boards (IRBs), I was a young academic physician studying the regulation of sodium excretion by the kidneys. I paid medical students approximately $50 to serve as subjects for experiments involving only saline infusions and the collection of blood and spontaneously voided urine samples. I do not remember exactly what I told the students about the risks of the experiments but am quite certain that I characterized them as nominal. In one subject, severe phlebitis developed at the site of an intravenous infusion and required extensive therapy. The research project was funded by . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Conflicts of Interest and the Safety of Research Subjects

Management of Nonfinancial Conflicts of Interest

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