Is the NHS research ethics committees system to be outsourced to a low-cost offshore call centre? Reflections on human research ethics after the Warner Report

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-47

  Epstein, Miran ^a   Wingate, D L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESEARCH ETHICS; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, MEDICAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; STATE MEDICINE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 33846404912     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2005.015479     Document Type: Article

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