4. Human Research Privacy

This chapter provides an overview of the ethical guidelines and United States regulations governing the privacy and confidentiality of individually identifiable information in human subject research. The chapter is organized into three parts:

  • Ethical codes governing research,

  • Major regulations, and

  • Practical issues that come up in applying the regulations.

In addition, please see the following section for some basic definitions related to human subject research privacy.

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