The history, purpose, and future of instruction in the responsible conduct of research

Academic Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 829-834

  Steneck, Nicholas H ^a,b,d   Bulger, Ruth Ellen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 34548331733     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31812f7d4d     Document Type: Review

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