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Research ethics committees: the role of ethics in a regulatory authority
- Miss S McGuinness, Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, School of Law, University of Manchester, Williamson Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK; sheelagh.mcguinness{at}manchester.ac.uk
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Research ethics committees: the role of ethics in a regulatory authority
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- Received March 19, 2007
- Revised October 25, 2007
- Accepted January 16, 2008
- First published August 29, 2008.
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April 27, 2016
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2008 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the Institute of Medical Ethics
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