Sport-related concussion research agenda beyond medical science: Culture, ethics, science, policy (2023)

McNamee, M., Anderson, L. C., Borry, P., Camporesi, S., Derman, W., Holm, S., Knox, T. R., Leuridan, B., Loland, S., Lopez Frias, F. J., Lorusso, L., Malcolm, D., McArdle, D., Partridge, B., Schramme, T., & Weed, M. (Accepted/In press). Sport-related concussion research agenda beyond medical science: Culture, ethics, science, policy. Journal of medical ethics, [jme-2022-108812]. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme-2022-108812

McNamee, Mike ; Anderson, Lynley C. ; Borry, Pascal et al. / Sport-related concussion research agenda beyond medical science : Culture, ethics, science, policy. In: Journal of medical ethics. 2023.

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McNamee, M, Anderson, LC, Borry, P, Camporesi, S, Derman, W, Holm, S, Knox, TR, Leuridan, B, Loland, S, Lopez Frias, FJ, Lorusso, L, Malcolm, D, McArdle, D, Partridge, B, Schramme, T & Weed, M 2023, 'Sport-related concussion research agenda beyond medical science: Culture, ethics, science, policy', Journal of medical ethics. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme-2022-108812

Sport-related concussion research agenda beyond medical science: Culture, ethics, science, policy. / McNamee, Mike; Anderson, Lynley C.; Borry, Pascal et al.
In: Journal of medical ethics, 2023.

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McNamee M, Anderson LC, Borry P, Camporesi S, Derman W, Holm S et al. Sport-related concussion research agenda beyond medical science: Culture, ethics, science, policy. Journal of medical ethics. 2023;jme-2022-108812. doi: 10.1136/jme-2022-108812