Here's a mystery from the case of Dan Markingson. Yesterday I posted some correspondence
between Steven Olson and the University of Minnesota's IRB about Dan Markingson's "evaluation
to consent" to the CAFE study. Well, it turns out that there
are actually two different versions of that "evaluation to consent."
In one version, a space at the top labelled "subject initials" has no
initials, only a large black mark. At the bottom right-hand corner of this uninitialed
form is the phrase "IRB."
In the other version, the space labelled "subject initials" has a different black mark with the initials "DRM" above it. At the bottom right-hand corner of that form is written the
phrase "psy."
So the mystery is: why would there be
two versions of the same form? What is under the blacked-out spot on
each form, and why are those spots slightly different? Why does one version have
the initials of Dan Markingson while the other one does not?
Any ideas out there?
Here are links to the two forms:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/123356784/Markingson-evaluation-to-consent-without-initials
http://www.scribd.com/doc/123357156/Markingson-evaluation-to-consent-initials-added
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