The research ethics committee is not the enemy: Oversight of community-based participatory research

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 77-86

  Wolf, Leslie E ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Community based participatory research; Federal regulations; IRB; Research ethics committee

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAN FRANCISCO; SMOKING;

EID: 78650105057     PISSN: 15562646     EISSN: 15562654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/jer.2010.5.4.77     Document Type: Article

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