Should research ethics committees meet in public?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 631-635

  Sheehan, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP; DECISION MAKING; DISCLOSURE; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 55549119300     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2007.022574     Document Type: Short Survey

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