Ethics, audit, and research: All shades of grey

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7489, 2005, Pages 468-471

  Wade, Derick T ^a  

^a OXFORD CENTRE FOR ENABLEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RISPERIDONE;

ANGINA PECTORIS; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEATH; DOCUMENTATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MELANOMA; MORALITY; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SKIN BIOPSY; SOCIAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; VASCULAR PATENCY; VIRUS INFECTION;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 14644407414     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.468     Document Type: Review

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