Who decides? A look at ethics committee membership

HEC Forum

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 252-258

  De Vries, Raymond ^a   Forsberg, Carl P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BIOMEDICINE; CLERGY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESPONSIBILITY;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036743421     PISSN: 09562737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020581131605     Document Type: Article

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