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The Master’s candidate was invited to a meeting of the Research Ethics Committee (REC) to discuss the changes being required by the members who reviewed her proposal. The Master’s candidate displayed obvious annoyance and anger on her facial expression. Shortly after the meeting started, she stated:
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Ali, N.M. (2017). Research Involving Persons Likely to be Vulnerable. In: Silverman, H. (eds) Research Ethics in the Arab Region. Research Ethics Forum, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65266-5_5
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