Navigating the maze: ethics approval pathways for intellectual disability research

All researchers, regardless of their discipline, need to be aware of the importance of protecting vulnerable populations, such as people with intellectual disabilities (ID), from exploitation within the context of research.1 ,2 For this reason, institutional Human Research Ethics Committees (HREC) a...

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Authors: Thomson, Allyson (Author) ; Roberts, Peter (Author) ; Bittles, Alan (Author)
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2014
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2014, Volume: 40, Issue: 11, Pages: 782-786
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