Reconciling fragmented sectors of health research regulation: toward an ecosystem of processual regulation
Abstract The delivery of good outcomes from human health research is entirely dependent on the proper functioning of the attendant regulatory systems. This article focuses on the processes of regulation themselves, and how these might be better understood, so that regulators and other stakeholders h...
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| description | Abstract The delivery of good outcomes from human health research is entirely dependent on the proper functioning of the attendant regulatory systems. This article focuses on the processes of regulation themselves, and how these might be better understood, so that regulators and other stakeholders have a strong normative basis upon which to pursue the regulatory objective of achieving outcomes with maximum social value. The argument is made that the concept of ‘processual regulation’—which promotes a whole systems approach to regulation—can assist greatly in the design, implementation, and review of human health research. This moves beyond the current often-fragmented approach to regulation towards a joined-up, reflective, and responsive system that has fitness-for-purpose at its core. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6847326cb3ef40d884f08685374956fe2022-12-21T19:49:14ZengSpringer NatureHumanities & Social Sciences Communications2662-99922022-01-01911810.1057/s41599-021-01015-1Reconciling fragmented sectors of health research regulation: toward an ecosystem of processual regulationRhiannon L. Frowde0Edward S. Dove1Graeme T. Laurie2School of Law, University of EdinburghSchool of Law, University of EdinburghSchool of Law, University of EdinburghAbstract The delivery of good outcomes from human health research is entirely dependent on the proper functioning of the attendant regulatory systems. This article focuses on the processes of regulation themselves, and how these might be better understood, so that regulators and other stakeholders have a strong normative basis upon which to pursue the regulatory objective of achieving outcomes with maximum social value. The argument is made that the concept of ‘processual regulation’—which promotes a whole systems approach to regulation—can assist greatly in the design, implementation, and review of human health research. This moves beyond the current often-fragmented approach to regulation towards a joined-up, reflective, and responsive system that has fitness-for-purpose at its core.https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-021-01015-1 |
| spellingShingle | Rhiannon L. Frowde Edward S. Dove Graeme T. Laurie Reconciling fragmented sectors of health research regulation: toward an ecosystem of processual regulation Humanities & Social Sciences Communications |
| title | Reconciling fragmented sectors of health research regulation: toward an ecosystem of processual regulation |
| title_full | Reconciling fragmented sectors of health research regulation: toward an ecosystem of processual regulation |
| title_fullStr | Reconciling fragmented sectors of health research regulation: toward an ecosystem of processual regulation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reconciling fragmented sectors of health research regulation: toward an ecosystem of processual regulation |
| title_short | Reconciling fragmented sectors of health research regulation: toward an ecosystem of processual regulation |
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