‘Distraction from the real difficulties’: Ethical deliberations in international health research

Anthropology Southern Africa

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 146-154

  Macdonald, Helen ^a   Spiegel, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ethics; Institutional Review Board (IRB); International health research; North South

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937885475     PISSN: 23323256     EISSN: 23323264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02580144.2013.10887040     Document Type: Article

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