Stuck in the middle: Research ethics caught between science and politics

Qualitative Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 423-439

  Baarts, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CAM; Collaborative research; Controversy; Research ethics; Scholarly practice; Science and politics; Sociology; Sociology of Scientific Knowledge (SSK)

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349289552     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794109337873     Document Type: Article

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