title: The royal college of nursing research society: nurses and research ethics.
abstract: The RCN has published its influential guidance on research ethics for nurses since 1977, and these have been regularly revised, most recently in 1998. The pace of change is rapid however, and the RCN was mindful of a number of reasons to revisit the guidance.
keywords: ►consent to research; ►ethics; ►nursing: research; ►patients: rights