Canadian university ethics review: Cultural complications translating principles into practice

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 368-387

  Tilley, Susan ^a   Gormley, Louise ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consent; Cross cultural research; Cultural complications; International research; reciprocity; Representation; University ethics review boards

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147162138     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800406297654     Document Type: Review

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