@article {Hammersleymedethics-2017-104668, author = {Martyn Hammersley}, title = {Response to Sheehan et al{\textquoteright}s {\textquoteleft}In defence of governance: ethics review and social research{\textquoteright}}, elocation-id = {medethics-2017-104668}, year = {2018}, doi = {10.1136/medethics-2017-104668}, publisher = {Institute of Medical Ethics}, abstract = {This response welcomes Sheehan et al{\textquoteright}s discussion of the criticisms that have been made of mandatory, pre-emptive ethics regulation and their outline of a philosophical rationale for it. However, it is argued that they misrepresent some of the key criticisms and fail to provide any effective response to them.}, issn = {0306-6800}, URL = {https://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2018/01/27/medethics-2017-104668}, eprint = {https://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2018/01/27/medethics-2017-104668.full.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Medical Ethics} }