Clinician gate-keeping in clinical research is not ethically defensible: An analysis

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 363-366

  Sharkey, Kerith ^a   Savulescu, Julian ^b   Aranda, Sanchia ^a,c   Schofield, Penelope ^a,c,d  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PATIENT RIGHTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY;

EID: 77956065203     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2009.031716     Document Type: Article

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