Goodyear-Smith, FelicityArroll, Bruce2009-06-182009-06-182001New Zealand Medical Journal 114 (1143), 500-502. 20010028-8446PMID11797877https://hdl.handle.net/2292/4434An open access copy of this article is available and complies with the copyright holder/publisher conditions.We wish to bring the vexed question of differentiating ‘audit’ and ‘research’ to the attention of colleagues, and to stimulate debate within our profession regarding the need for ethical appraisal of any study of clinical data. This issue arose in the context of a study we conducted where the decision as to whether this was ‘audit’ or ‘research’ is not clear-cut.Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Details obtained from http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0028-8446/https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htmhttp://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/copyright.htmlJournal ArticleFields of Research::320000 Medical and Health SciencesCopyright: New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA)http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess