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Research involving adults who lack capacity: how have research ethics committees interpreted the requirements?
- Mary Dixon-Woods, Social Science Research Group, Department of Health Sciences, 2nd floor Adrian Building, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK; md11{at}le.ac.uk
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Research involving adults who lack capacity: how have research ethics committees interpreted the requirements?
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- Received August 19, 2008
- Revised February 26, 2009
- Accepted February 27, 2009
- First published May 29, 2009.
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May 29, 2009
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