title: Controversy and quality improvement: lingering questions about ethics, oversight, and patient safety research.
abstract: Six ethical and regulatory issues are relevant to the Michigan ICU safety program and checklist and to evidence-based patient safety initiatives in general.
authors.affiliation: Berman Institute of Biothics, Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA. nkass@jhsph.edu
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kass
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Pronovost
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sugarman
authors.forename: Christine A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Goeschel
authors.forename: Lisa H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Lubomski
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Faden
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality / Q000941:ethics*; D032984:Ethics, Research; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000941:ethics; D006761:Hospitals / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D008824:Michigan; D017751:Safety Management