"members of the same club": Challenges and decisions faced by US IRBS in identifying and managing conflicts of interest

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Klitzman, Robert ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDS; INTERVIEW; MALE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH ETHICS; UNITED STATES; ETHICS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DISCLOSURE; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960925172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022796     Document Type: Article

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