Review of national research ethics regulations and guidelines in Middle Eastern Arab countries

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Alahmad, Ghiath ^a,b   Al Jumah, Mohammad ^a   Dierickx, Kris ^b  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE EAST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CODES OF ETHICS; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HELSINKI DECLARATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE EAST;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84870925742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-13-34     Document Type: Article

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