Research ethics committees - Time for change?

Clinical Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 534-538

  Saunders, John ^a,b  

^a NEVILL HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical research; Ethics; Guidelines; Research ethics committee; Research protocols

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0036865460     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.2-6-534     Document Type: Article

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