Should Biomedical Publishing Be "Opened Up"? Toward a Values-Based Peer-Review Process

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 267-280

  Lipworth, Wendy ^a,b   Kerridge, Ian H ^a   Carter, Stacy M ^a   Little, Miles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioethics: Medical ethics; Peer review; Qualitative research; Research (humans); Research ethics; Social values

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052461086     PISSN: 11767529     EISSN: 18724353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11673-011-9312-4     Document Type: Review

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