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To see for myself: informed consent and the culture of openness
- Professor T Walter, Department of Social & Policy Sciences, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK; j.a.walter{at}bath.ac.uk
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To see for myself: informed consent and the culture of openness
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- Received July 30, 2007
- Revised November 20, 2007
- Accepted December 17, 2007
- First published August 29, 2008.
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April 27, 2016
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