The ethics and editorial challenges of internet-based research

BMC Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Harriman, Stephanie ^a   Patel, Jigisha ^a  

^a BIOMED CENTRAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; Ethics approval; Informed consent; Internet based research

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; INTERNET BASED RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS; STANDARD; ETHICS; PUBLISHING; STANDARDS;

ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; PUBLISHING;

EID: 84946225528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-014-0124-3     Document Type: Editorial

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