ReviewJournal of the Royal Society of Medicine2005
Research governance: where did it come from, what does it mean?
Review in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Protecting research participants: Has the pendulum swung too far?The British journal of occupational therapy · 2025Article
- Advancing health through evidence assisted decisions with health policy and systems research program: a qualitative evaluation of a national health research grant management process in the Philippines.Health research policy and systems · 2023Article
- An assessment of the performance of the national health research system in Mauritius.BMC health services research · 2023Review
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- Using evidence when planning for trial recruitment: An international perspective from time-poor trialists.PloS one · 2019Article
- Patient Governance in a Patient-Powered Research Network for Adult Rheumatologic Conditions.Medical care · 2018Article
- Increasing value and reducing waste in biomedical research regulation and management.Lancet (London, England) · 2014Article
- Patient informed governance of distributed research networks: results and discussion from six patient focus groups.AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium · 2013Article
- Bureaucracy stifles medical research in Britain: a tale of three trials.BMC medical research methodology · 2012Article
- The Department of Health's research governance framework remains an impediment to multi-centre studies: findings from a national descriptive study.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 2007Article
- Research governance impediments to clinical trials: a retrospective survey.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 2007Article
- Research governance: ethical issues.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 2006Review
- Changes in the institutional review board submission process for multicenter research over 6 years.Nursing outlookArticle
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Abstract
For a variety of historical and social reasons, research has become increasingly formalized and regulated. This change has potential benefits (reduction in fraud and misconduct, protection of vulnerable groups, financial probity) but also disadvantages (increased paperwork, time delays, constraints on research freedom). The terms 'research' and 'governance' mean different things in different contexts. Even with explicit guidance, ambiguities must be resolved by human judgement. Variation in the nature and outcome of approval decisions is therefore a fact of life. The type of approval needed for a research study depends on the official remit of the approval body, the question to be addressed; the methods to be used; the context in which the work will take place; the level of analysis and interpretation; and the plans for how the findings will be presented and used.
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