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Challenges in the Ethical Review of Peer Support Interventions

David Simmons, Christopher Bunn, Fred Nakwagala, Monika M. Safford, Guadalupe X. Ayala, Michaela Riddell, Jonathan Graffy and Edwin B. Fisher
The Annals of Family Medicine August 2015, 13 (Suppl 1) S79-S86; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1803
David Simmons
1School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia
2Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge University Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, England
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3Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
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Fred Nakwagala
4Department of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
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Monika M. Safford
5Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama
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Guadalupe X. Ayala
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Michaela Riddell
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Edwin B. Fisher
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David Simmons, Christopher Bunn, Fred Nakwagala, Monika M. Safford, Guadalupe X. Ayala, Michaela Riddell, Jonathan Graffy, Edwin B. Fisher
The Annals of Family Medicine Aug 2015, 13 (Suppl 1) S79-S86; DOI: 10.1370/afm.1803

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The Annals of Family Medicine Aug 2015, 13 (Suppl 1) S79-S86; DOI: 10.1370/afm.1803
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