Pain & Distress / Humane Endpoints - July 2016
Goal: Understand how to effectively review protocols to ensure pain and distress are minimized consistent with sound research design
Objectives:
- Define pain, distress, experimental endpoints, and humane endpoints
- Evaluate the potential for pain and distress
- Determine the acceptability of the management of possible pain and distress
- Ensure an appropriate link between experimental and humane endpoints
Module Developers: Alice Huang, Kiirsa Pokryfke, Ernie Prentice, Stacy Pritt, William Singleton
Submit comments or questions to olawdpe@mail.nih.gov.