Why do people cooperate with medical research? Findings from three studies

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2215-2222

  Dixon Woods, Mary ^a   Tarrant, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Medical research; Regulation; UK

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; MEDICINE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RESEARCH;

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATE MEDICINE; TRUST;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649249902     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.03.034     Document Type: Article

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