Ethical review in Pakistan: The credibility gap

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1354-1357

  Jafarey, Aamir Mustafa ^a   Iqbal, Saima Pervaiz ^b   Hassan, Mariam ^c  

^a SINDH INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND TRANSPLANTATION   (Pakistan)

^b SHIFA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Pakistan)

^c SHAUKAT KHANUM MEMORIAL CANCER HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bioethics degrees; IRB

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PAKISTAN; REGISTRATION; WORKSHOP;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ETHICAL REVIEW; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84870352450     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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