From Oversight to Overkill: Inside the Broken System That Blocks Medical Breakthroughs--And How We Can Fix It Whitney Simon N.
From Oversight to Overkill: Inside the Broken System That Blocks Medical Breakthroughs--And How We Can Fix It Whitney Simon N. Medical research saves lives-yet all too often, it is thwarted by a…
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From Oversight to Overkill: Inside the Broken System That Blocks Medical Breakthroughs--And How We Can Fix It Whitney Simon N.
Medical research saves lives-yet all too often, it is thwarted by a review system supposed to safeguard patients that instead creates needless delays and expense. This is why medical miracles like the COVID-19 vaccines, which were developed at warp speed, are far too rare. Institutional Review Boards, which exist at every hospital and medical school that conducts medical research, have ended up imposing such complex, draconian conditions that research is frequently damaged, delayed, and distorted.
The result: unnecessary suffering and avoidable deaths.From Oversight to Overkill vividly recounts the story behind this crisis, one that remains unknown to the general public. Instead, medical research in countless areas is kept at a horse-and-buggy pace. Family physician and ethicist Simon Whitney shows how the IRB system was launched in response to scandals like