2009;87:1334-1336 Ann Thorac Surg Committee Ethics Committee and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Standards and Ethics Michael J. Mack, Robert M. Sade and American Association for Thoracic Surgery Relations Between Cardiothoracic Surgeons and Industry http://ats.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/87/5/1334 located on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated...

To learn whether ethics committees reviewing community-based participatory research concentrate on the protection of communities, in addition to individual participants, data from 15 sites were analyzed. Eighty-two ethics committee concerns related to consent (35%), protocol procedures (49%), data collection (17%), and HIPAA (6%) were identified. Concerns generally involved individual level sub...