Capacity mapping of national ethics committees in the eastern mediterranean region

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Abou Zeid, Alaa ^a   Afzal, Mohammad ^a   Silverman, Henry J ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STATISTICS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS COMMITTEES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 68249150989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-10-8     Document Type: Article

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