Delimiting the concept of research: An ethical perspective

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 157-179

  Bortolotti, Lisa ^a   Heinrichs, Bert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b German Reference Centre for Ethics in the Life Sciences (DRZE)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aims of science; Demarcation criterion; Ethical regulation; Falsification; Freedom of research; Methodology of science; Popper; Research; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNDING; HUMAN; HUMANITIES; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLITICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIOLOGY;

BIOETHICS; HUMANS; RESEARCH; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 34548076586     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-007-9036-y     Document Type: Article

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