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. 2012 Winter;40(4):930-44.
doi: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2012.00722.x.

A non-paternalistic model of research ethics and oversight: assessing the benefits of prospective review

Alex John London  1
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A non-paternalistic model of research ethics and oversight: assessing the benefits of prospective review

Alex John London. J Law Med Ethics. 2012 Winter.

Abstract

This paper offers a non-paternalistic justification for prospective research review as providing a credible social assurance that the institutions of scientific advancement respect and affirm the moral equality of all community members and as creating a "market" in which stakeholders working to advance diverse ends also advance the common good.

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