Anonymous self-evaluation of performance by ethics board members: A pilot study

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-69

  Feldman, James A ^a   Rebholz, Casey M ^b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Evaluation studies; Institutional Review Boards; IRBs; Organizational efficiency; Quality assurance; Research Ethics Committees; Survey methodology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

BOSTON; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67650281063     PISSN: 15562646     EISSN: 15562654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/jer.2009.4.1.63     Document Type: Article

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