Date of Award

Fall 2001

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

English

Program/Concentration

English

Committee Director

Joyce Neff

Committee Member

Joel English

Committee Member

Lisa Eckenwiler

Call Number for Print

Special Collections; LD4331.E64 B35 2001

Abstract

This case study explores the historical progress of written policy in the field of human research participant protections, leading up to the recent case of several influential suspensions of clinical research at several prestigious academic medical institutions. The IRB process is discussed, including the importance of documentation in the process of managing the board, and the case of suspension at Virginia Commonwealth University is reviewed with attention paid to the drafting of two key documents written for the purpose of reinstating the human subject research charter; (I) the Corrective Action Plan and (2) the Written Policies and Procedures. Each document is evaluated as a rhetorical piece, socially constructed to achieve a specific result. Finally, the process of developing the two key documents, the Corrective Action Plan and the IRB Written Policies and Procedures, is analyzed using the lens of the rhetorical canons (invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery). This analysis reveals the importance of rhetoric and examines specific textual strategies in the very complex field of protections for human research participants.

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DOI

10.25777/5ck2-e143

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