Healthy volunteers participating in biomedical research benefit from varying levels of protection in different parts of the world since they are too rarely identified as a specific subset of study participants with specific vulnerabilities and risks. These differences in protection can lead to unfair and ethically unacceptable situations. Healthy volunteers are subject to a number of risks, not only regarding the respect of their rights and of their health but they are also at risk of being exploited because of their financial situation, educational level and motivations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Tracking progress in diabetes care may help in evaluating the quality of efforts and identifying gaps in the care.
Objectives: To demonstrate that tracking important clinical indicators of diabetes mellitus can result in improved care as well as help identify and close gaps between evidence and practice in diabetes care.
Subjects And Methods: The study is an observational, random audit of medical records of patients with diabetes who received care at the Diabetes Center, Dammam Medical Complex.
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