Trust in the System, 9781526167057
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Do RECs protect people or hinder research? A crucial question.

Trust in the System

Research Ethics Committees and the Regulation of Biomedical Research

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    224 pages

  • Release Date

    14 November 2022

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Summary

This book focuses on Research Ethics Committees (RECs), a way of regulating research involving humans, found all across the developed world (in the US they are known as IRBs, Institutional Review Boards) and increasingly in developing countries.

These bodies regulate research in advance of it taking place, by deciding whether scientists should carry out particular experiments or not. Despite coming into existence in the late 1960s, and the considerable literature bemo…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781526167057
ISBN-10:1526167050
Author:Adam Hedgecoe
Publisher:Manchester University Press
Imprint:Manchester University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:14 November 2022
Weight:268g
Dimensions:216mm x 138mm x 12mm
Series:Inscriptions
About The Author

Adam Hedgecoe

Adam Hedgecoe is a Professor in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University.

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