UID:
almafu_9960177478602883
Format:
1 online resource (1 online resource 223 p..)
ISBN:
1-5261-6102-8
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1-5261-5291-6
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1-5261-5290-8
Series Statement:
Inscriptions
Content:
Based on extensive observation, interviews and archive research, this book provides an in-depth insight into one of the most crucial forms of regulation around medical research: research ethics committees. Every month, groups of people from all over the United Kingdom decide what kind of research should be carried out on patients within the National Health Service. These groups - Research Ethics Committees (RECs) - made up of doctors, nurses, researchers, and members of the general public - help shape the future of medicine, and play a crucial role in the regulation of a wide range of research from social science to epidemiology, vaccine and drugs trials and surgery. This book highlights how, despite the trappings of a modern regulatory system, REC decision making revolves around very old-fashioned aspects of social life such as interpersonal trust, reputation and the performance of character.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2020.
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Front matter -- Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- On the margins of a trusting system -- Paper promises or written applications as trust warrants -- Trust, local knowledge, and distributed centralisation -- Facework, interaction, and the performance of trustworthiness -- Reviewing science, trusting the reviewers -- Conclusion: Regulatory giraffes? -- Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-5261-5292-4
Language:
English
DOI:
10.7765/9781526152923
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