Descriptive ethics: A qualitative study of local research ethics committees in Mexico

Developing World Bioethics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-105

  Valdez Martinez, Edith ^a   Turnbull, Bernardo ^a   Garduño Espinosa, Juan ^a   Porter, John D H ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; Mexico; Research; Research ethics committees

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SAMPLING; THEORY;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ETHICAL REVIEW; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONALITY; MEXICO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 33645504972     PISSN: 14718731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8847.2006.00144.x     Document Type: Review

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