All patients were telephoned by the researcher before the research started in order to establish a good rapport.
IRBs may feel obliged to review each phase of that relationship and any and all communications between researcher and participant before the research can proceed.
Still, the secretary acknowledged, there are hurdles to overcome before the research can begin.
The subjects took a psychological test, a self-concept assessment, before the research began.
"It's going to take several more years before the research has a standard set of measures.
The book deal was in the works before the research peer reviewed.
The likely conclusions of some think tank reports, documents show, are discussed with donors — or even potential ones — before the research is complete.
Parents had worked this out long before the research proved it: they want their daughters to go to girls' schools and their sons to go to mixed schools.
How is it that the most progressive country on earth is able to place restrictions on science before the research is completed?
It took a year for the High Court to find in favour of the academics before the research was finally published in August.
Before the research can proceed, the scientists must persuade the elderly Mother Superior, Sister Miriam, and her middle-aged heir apparent, Sister Ursula, that it's a good idea.
