The ethics of policy research

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-118

  Spicker, Paul ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Codes of practice; Ethics; Policy reserch; Social science

Indexed keywords

EID: 55649116048     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426407779702148     Document Type: Article

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