the challenge with IRB's is that they are para-bureaucratic orgs without the transparency or accountability of an actual public or government review. my limite

the challenge with IRB's is that they are para-bureaucratic orgs without the transparency or accountability of an actual public or government review. my limited experience with them was to do with governing access to repositories of personal health information and really, just bet that unethical research that abuses powers is going to happen, and that research product gets fed back to policymakers to increase the unaccountable powers of policymakers. any public benefit is for show.