Ethical research with the mentally disordered

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 485-491

  Arboleda Flórez, Julio ^a   Weisstub, David N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advance directive; Competency; Consent; Human experimentation; Legal reform; Mental disorder; Nontherapeutic; Research ethics; Substitute decision making

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; REVIEW;

EID: 0030789244     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674379704200504     Document Type: Review

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