Trust in the System - Research Ethics Committees and the Regulation of Biomedical Research

An ethnographic exploration of research ethics committees in the UK, which highlights the central role of trust in biomedical regulatory decision making.

List of contents

Introduction - On the margins of a trusting system
1 Paper promises or written applications as trust warrants
2 Trust, local knowledge, and distributed centralisation
3 Facework, interaction, and the performance of trustworthiness
4 Reviewing science, trusting the reviewers
Conclusion - Regulatory giraffes?

Index

About the author

Adam Hedgecoe is a Professor in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University

Summary

An ethnographic exploration of research ethics committees in the UK, which highlights the central role of trust in biomedical regulatory decision making. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Adam Hedgecoe, Hedgecoe Adam
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781526152916
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-5291-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Inscriptions
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Medical research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, MEDICAL / Research, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Sociology & anthropology, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, Medical Sociology, Sociology and anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies