Ethical and political issues in contemporary research relationships

Sociology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 887-903

  Aldred, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contractualism; Elites; Ethics; Institutional relationships; NHS; Organizational research; Professionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649091375     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038508094568     Document Type: Review

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