Regulation and the social licence for medical research

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 381-391

  Dixon Woods, Mary ^a   Ashcroft, Richard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Medical research; Professions; Regulation; Social licence; Trust

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PEER REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PEER REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 57949094494     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-008-9152-0     Document Type: Article

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