Yaffe, Mark J.
Article History
Received: 2 May 2021
Accepted: 23 July 2021
First Online: 6 August 2021
Declarations
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: The REB of St. Mary’s Hospital Center wrote (October 2, 2020) that review was waived,based of Article 2.4 of the Government of Canada Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans – TCPS 2 (2018) – Chapter 2: Scope and Approach (ExternalRef removed) which states: REB review is not required for research that relies exclusively on secondary use of anonymous information, or anonymous human biological materials, so long as the process of data linkage or recording or dissemination of results does not generate identifiable information.
: Not required.
: The conceptualization of this paper, its content, and writing was the sole responsibility of the author. The author declares no apparent conflicts of interest in this work.