Bureaucracy stifles medical research in Britain: A tale of three trials

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Snooks, Helen ^a   Hutchings, Hayley ^a   Seagrove, Anne ^a   Stewart Brown, Sarah ^b   Williams, John ^a   Russell, Ian ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG APPROVAL; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DRUG APPROVAL; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STATE MEDICINE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84864962176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-122     Document Type: Article

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