Ethics committees and achievement of good clinical practice

Therapie

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 369-372

  Glasa, J ^a   Holoman J ^a   Klepanec, J ^a   Soltes L ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Biomedical research; Clinical trials of new medicines; Ethics committees; Good clinical practice; Informed consent

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; DRUG RESEARCH; ETHICS; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

CLINICAL TRIALS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS COMMITTEES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESEARCH; SLOVAKIA; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0029782586     PISSN: 00405957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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