Should research ethics committees be told how to think?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-42

  Sayers, Gwen M ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INTUITION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESEARCH ETHICS;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, MEDICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; THINKING;

EID: 33846406054     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2005.014688     Document Type: Article

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