Ethical and legal risks associated with archival research

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-67

  Taube, Daniel O ^a,c   Burkhardt, Susan ^b  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Behav Education Training Associates

^c CSPP Alameda   (United States)

Author keywords

Archival research; Ethics; Law; Privacy

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIVACY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CODES OF ETHICS; COMPUTER SECURITY; COMPUTERS; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISCLOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GUIDELINES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; JURISPRUDENCE; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENTAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PRIVACY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOCIETIES; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031306701     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327019eb0701_5     Document Type: Article

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