Ethical Challenges in the Conduct of Research Involving Persons with Mental Retardation

Mental Retardation

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 130-141

  Freedman, Ruth I ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

ADULT; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT;

EID: 0035316321     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2001)039<0130:ECITCO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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