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The ESRC research ethics framework and research ethics review at UK universities: rebuilding the Tower of Babel REC by REC
- David L H Hunter, Lecturer in Bioethics, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Cromore Road, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry BT52 1SA, UK; d.hunter3{at}ulster.ac.uk
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The ESRC research ethics framework and research ethics review at UK universities: rebuilding the Tower of Babel REC by REC
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- Received January 8, 2008
- Revised February 25, 2008
- Accepted March 31, 2008
- First published October 30, 2008.
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April 27, 2016
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2008 BMJ Publishing Group & Institute of Medical Ethics
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