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