Field Research Regulations

That’s the main issue. As regulations are being made, everyone is focusing on the well being of individuals and not the side effects to the amount of restrictions put into place. When doing research we should not only focus on the welfare of test subjects. What should be kept in mind is the welfare of current and future societies as a whole.

Throughout many lives, there’s the concern of hardships such as disease and poverty. We all want to live long and happy lives without having to worry about deadly diseases or not being able to live comfortably. Those issues don’t go away on their own though. It is because of field research that people are lucky to have discoveries such as penicillin and (education?-look through case studies).

As the amount of regulations increase, scientists have little room to breathe when doing research. Numerous opportunities are being lost as the amount of limitations increase. It is our responsibility to provide certain regulations that give scientists the opportunity to discover (better ways of living?) while we are simultaneously protecting test subjects. …show more content…
IRBs have treated speaking with someone as equivalent to experimenting on them and have almost killed fieldwork in the process” (Chronicle Of Higher