The expanding purview: Institutional review boards and the review of human subjects research

Accountability in Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 188-204

  Borenstein, Jason ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human subjects research; Informed consent; IRB; Research ethics; Self censorship

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD;

ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT;

EID: 55449092705     PISSN: 08989621     EISSN: 15455815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08989620802201866     Document Type: Review

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