The publication of ethically uncertain research: Attitudes and practices of journal editors

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Angelski, Carla ^a,e   Fernandez, Conrad V ^b   Weijer, Charles ^c   Gao, Jun ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d Surveillance and Epidemiology Unit   (Canada)

^e STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Editors; Ethics; Publication ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PEER REVIEW; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH ETHICS; SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARD; UNCERTAINTY;

ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; EDITORIAL POLICIES; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HELSINKI DECLARATION; HUMANS; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLE SIZE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84859509820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-13-4     Document Type: Review

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