The Department of Health's research governance framework remains an impediment to multi-centre studies: Findings from a national descriptive study

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 234-238

  Kielmann, Tara ^a   Tierney, Alison ^a   Porteous, Rosemary ^a   Huby, Guro ^a   Sheikh, Aziz ^a   Pinnock, Hilary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; E-MAIL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERVIEW; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CARE; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 34249310705     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.100.5.234     Document Type: Article

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