Trust and regulatory organisations: The role of local knowledge and facework in research ethics review

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 662-683

  Hedgecoe, Adam M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ethics review; ethnography; regulation; research ethics committee (REC); trust

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH ETHICS; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GREAT BRITAIN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TRUST;

EID: 84866652284     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312712446364     Document Type: Article

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