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Research governance in health and social care: notes for primary and community care
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Document type:Publication
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Author:Department of Health
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Published date:31 July 2002
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Primary audience:Professionals
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Publication format:Electronic only
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Gateway reference:Not required
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Pages:8
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Copyright holder:Crown copyright
These notes summarise some key issues related to research governance and liability for harm caused to patients or healthy volunteers in the course of clinical research. They outline how these issues are handled in Department of Health policy statements.
Topics covered include:
- duty of care owed by Primary Care Trusts in the research setting.
- negligence and non-negligent (no fault) harm.
- practitioners' insurance.
- research governance and the R&D funding system.
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