Global and local forces shaping the research agenda and the governance of research ethics

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 104, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 439-442

  Benatar, Solomon R ^a,b   Vaughan, Christopher L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b at the University of Toronto Wagner is also a faculty member of the Canadian Medical Associations' Physician Management Institute   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 61849177572     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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