Feussner John R, Burris James F, McGlynn Geraldine, Lavori Philip W
Department of Veterans Affairs Research and Development Office, Washington, DC 20420, USA.
Med Care. 2002 Sep;40(9 Suppl):V4-11. doi: 10.1097/01.MLR.0000023950.96307.BD.
The authors provide brief information about the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Veterans Health Administration, to establish an understanding of this large, multifaceted organization. They then offer an overview of the VA's Office of Research and Development, with particular emphasis on recent and ongoing efforts to enhance protection of the rights of human participants in clinical research. The authors discuss various policies and regulations intended to protect human participants in any type of VA research. The protection of human research participants must be a major concern for all researchers. Patients should be well informed about the scope of the research and what their participation entails, and there should be no question as to the voluntariness of their consent. Making sure that these standards are met for each and every veteran who participates in VA research is of the utmost importance.
作者提供了关于退伍军人事务部（VA）和退伍军人健康管理局的简要信息，以便对这个庞大、多面的组织有所了解。然后，他们概述了VA的研发办公室，特别强调了近期和正在进行的加强临床研究中人类受试者权利保护的努力。作者讨论了旨在保护VA任何类型研究中的人类受试者的各种政策和法规。保护人类研究受试者必须是所有研究人员的主要关注点。患者应该充分了解研究的范围以及他们参与其中意味着什么，并且他们同意的自愿性应该毫无疑问。确保参与VA研究的每一位退伍军人都符合这些标准至关重要。
