Reconsidering 'ethics' and 'quality' in healthcare research: The case for an iterative ethical paradigm

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Stevenson, Fiona A ^a   Gibson, William ^b   Pelletier, Caroline ^b   Chrysikou, Vasiliki ^a   Park, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health research; Quality; Research ethics committees; UK

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS; STANDARDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHICAL REVIEW; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATE MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84928883422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12910-015-0004-1     Document Type: Article

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