The ethics police?: IRBs' views concerning their power

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Klitzman, Robert ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RESEARCH ETHICS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; BEHAVIOR; ETHICS; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 83255175547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028773     Document Type: Article

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