Assessment of the ethical review process for non-pharmacological multicentre studies in Germany on the basis of a randomised surgical trial

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-118

  Seiler, Christoph M ^a   Kellmeyer, P ^a   Kienle, P ^a   Buchler M W ^a   Knaebel, H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHICS; GERMANY; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; SUTURE;

ETHICAL REVIEW; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GERMANY; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SUTURES;

EID: 33847004778     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2005.014605     Document Type: Review

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