The Ethics of harmful psychiatric research: A faulty effort to defend them

Accountability in Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 283-288

  Lehrman, Nathaniel S ^a  

^a NONE

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PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; MENTAL PATIENT; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TRUST; UNIVERSITY; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES;

ALTRUISM; BENEFICENCE; DISCLOSURE; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; NONTHERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; TRUST; UNIVERSITIES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0031291897     PISSN: 08989621     EISSN: 15455815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08989629708573917     Document Type: Article

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