Neuroscientists' everyday experiences of ethics: The interplay of regulatory, professional, personal and tangible ethical spheres

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1133-1148

  Brosnan, Caragh ^a   Cribb, Alan ^b   Wainwright, Steven P ^c   Williams, Clare ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empirical ethics; Ethical boundary work; Neuroscience; Translational research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPIRICAL ETHICS; ETHICAL BOUNDARY-WORK; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY; MORALITY; NEUROSCIENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

EMPIRICAL ETHICS; ETHICAL BOUNDARY-WORK; NEUROSCIENCE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MORALS; NEUROSCIENCES; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84888136838     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12026     Document Type: Article

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