Journal of Business and Technical Communication Apr 2018

Do Community Members Have an Effective Voice in the Ethical Deliberation of a Behavioral Institutional Review Board?

Ellen Barton Wayne State University ; Luke Thominet Florida International University ; Ruth Boeder Wayne State University ; Sarah Primeau Wayne State University

Abstract

Using concepts and methods from technical and professional communication and linguistics, the authors conducted an observational study of the voice of community members (CMs) in the deliberation of a behavioral institutional review board (IRB). In the discourse of deliberation, they found that CMs had an effective voice in constructing the compliance of individual research protocols under IRB review. But they also found that CMs had an ineffective voice in representing their African-American community, particularly in their efforts to advocate for more consideration of minority research sites and subjects and a fuller consideration of minority community attitudes.

Journal
Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Published
2018-04-01
DOI
10.1177/1050651917746460
Open Access
Closed
Topics
professional writing voice and style

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