Discourses of dislike: Responses to ethics education policies by life scientists in the U.K., Italy, and the U.S.

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 49-57

  Smith Doerr, Laurel ^a,b  

^a US National Science Foundation   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics education; International variation in ethics policies; Life sciences ethics; Scientists' perceptions of ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIOMEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ITALY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER REVIEW; POLICY; RESEARCH ETHICS; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ITALY; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68849086653     PISSN: 15562646     EISSN: 15562654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/jer.2009.4.2.49     Document Type: Article

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