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An Ethics Framework for a Learning Health Care System: A Departure from Traditional Research Ethics and Clinical Ethics by Faden, Ruth R., Kass, Nancy E., Goodman, Steven N., Pronovost, Peter, Tunis, Sean, Beauchamp, Tom L.

“…Calls are increasing for American health care to be organized as a learning health care system, defined by the Institute of Medicine as a health care system…”
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Managing community engagement in research in Uganda: insights from practices in HIV/AIDS research by Barugahare, John, Kass, Nancy E

“…Community engagement (CE) in research is valuable for instrumental and intrinsic reasons. Despite existing guidance on how to ensure meaningful CE, much of…”
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An Ethics Framework for Public Health by Kass, Nancy E

“…More than 100 years ago, public health began as an organized discipline, its purpose being to improve the health of populations rather than of individuals…”
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Length and Complexity of US and International HIV Consent Forms from Federal HIV Network Trials by Kass, Nancy E., Chaisson, Lelia, Taylor, Holly A., Lohse, Jennifer

“…BACKGROUND Informed consent is required in most clinical research with humans. While federal regulations state consent information should be understandable to…”
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Repeated assessments of informed consent comprehension among HIV-infected participants of a three-year clinical trial in Botswana by Chaisson, Lelia H, Kass, Nancy E, Chengeta, Bafanana, Mathebula, Unami, Samandari, Taraz

“…Informed consent (IC) has been an international standard for decades for the ethical conduct of clinical trials. Yet frequently study participants have…”
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The structure and function of research ethics committees in Africa: a case study by Kass, Nancy E, Hyder, Adnan Ali, Ajuwon, Ademola, Appiah-Poku, John, Barsdorf, Nicola, Elsayed, Dya Eldin, Mokhachane, Mantoa, Mupenda, Bavon, Ndebele, Paul, Ndossi, Godwin, Sikateyo, Bornwell, Tangwa, Godfrey, Tindana, Paulina

“…Kass and colleagues explore the strengths and weaknesses of research ethics committees in Africa…”
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Ethical challenges in research on post-abortion care with adolescents: experiences of researchers in Zambia by Zulu, Joseph M., Ali, Joseph, Hallez, Kristina, Kass, Nancy E., Michelo, Charles, Hyder, Adnan A.

“…Post-abortion care (PAC) research is increasingly being conducted in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to help reduce the high burden of unsafe…”
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Public Health Ethics: Mapping the Terrain by Childress, James F., Faden, Ruth R., Gaare, Ruth D., Gostin, Lawrence O., Kahn, Jeffrey, Bonnie, Richard J., Kass, Nancy E., Mastroianni, Anna C., Moreno, Jonathan D., Nieburg, Phillip

“…Public health ethics, like the field of public health it addresses, traditionally has focused more on practice and particular cases than on theory, with the…”
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Informed Consent, Comparative Effectiveness, and Learning Health Care by Faden, Ruth R, Beauchamp, Tom L, Kass, Nancy E

“…The authors argue that in a learning health care system with ethically robust oversight policies, a streamlined consent process could replace formal written…”
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Ethics, Regulation, and Comparative Effectiveness Research: Time for a Change by Platt, Richard, Kass, Nancy E, McGraw, Deven

“…The US health care system is poised to learn more about preventing, diagnosing, and treating illness than has ever been possible. This change is powered by the…”
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Adrenoleukodystrophy: Incidence, new mutation rate, and results of extended family screening by Bezman, Lena, Moser, Ann B., Raymond, Gerald V., Piero Rinaldo, Watkins, Paul A., Smith, Kirby D., Kass, Nancy E., Moser, Hugo W.

“…Utilizing the plasma very long chain fatty acid assay, supplemented by mutation analysis and immunofluorescence assay, we determined the number of X‐linked…”
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The features and qualities of online training modules in research ethics: a case study evaluating their institutional application for the University of Botswana by Ntseane, Dolly Mogomotsi, Ali, Joseph, Hallez, Kristina, Mokgweetsi, Boikanyo, Kasule, Mary, Kass, Nancy E.

“…Research ethics remains a cornerstone of the scientific enterprise as it defines the boundaries of responsible conduct of research. Our aim was to…”
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Making the Ethical Oversight of All Clinical Trials Fit for Purpose by Kass, Nancy E, Faden, Ruth R, Angus, Derek C, Morain, Stephanie R

“…IMPORTANCE: With the increase in trials assessing comparative effectiveness of approved products and alternative care strategies, guidance is needed to ensure…”
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The Research-Treatment Distinction: A Problematic Approach for Determining Which Activities Should Have Ethical Oversight by Kass, Nancy E., Faden, Ruth R., Goodman, Steven N., Pronovost, Peter, Tunis, Sean, Beauchamp, Tom L.

“…The rise of quality improvement research and comparative effectiveness research in health care settings constitutes progress toward the goal of what the…”
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Learning Health Care and the Obligation to Participate in Research by Faden, Ruth R., Kass, Nancy E.

“…This commentary responds to the article “Compulsory Research in Learning Health Care: Against a Minimal Risk Limit,” by Robert Steel. Steel acknowledges that…”
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Forecast for the Physician Payment Sunshine Act: partly to mostly cloudy? by Morain, Stephanie R, Flexner, Charles, Kass, Nancy E, Sugarman, Jeremy

“…Morain et al comment on the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (PPSA), which intends to bring greater transparency to physician-industry relationships. The PPSA…”
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Ethics, Refugees, and the President's Executive Order by Kass, Nancy E.

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A Journey in Public Health Ethics by Kass, Nancy E

“…While medical ethics has a long history, and research ethics guidance emerged more formally in the 1960s and 1970s, frameworks for public health ethics began…”
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Ethics of Adaptive Designs for Randomized Controlled Trials by Chongwe, Gershom, Ali, Joseph, Kaye, Dan Kabonge, Michelo, Charles, Kass, Nancy E

“…Over recent decades, adaptive trial designs have been used more and more often for clinical trials, including randomized controlled trials (RCTs). This rise in…”
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How are PCORI-funded researchers engaging patients in research and what are the ethical implications? by Ellis, Lauren E., Kass, Nancy E.

“…Background: Despite growing interest in patient engagement in research, there are few empirical investigations of the nature of engagement and its effects…”
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