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Review
. 2006 Aug 5;333(7562):300-2.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7562.300.

Overcoming barriers to recruitment in health research

Jenny Hewison  1 , Andy Haines
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Review

Overcoming barriers to recruitment in health research

Jenny Hewison et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

The public needs to be included in debates about what is, and isn't, in its best interests. Until then, ethics committees should suspend their preference for “opt-in” recruitment to research projects

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