Legal and ethical considerations in research with sexually active adolescents: The requirement to report statutory rape

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 259-264

  Findholt, Nancy ^a   Robrecht, Linda C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BENEFICENCE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ETHICS; HUMAN; JUSTICE; LAW; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; NOTE; RAPE; RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; RAPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036765404     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3097825     Document Type: Note

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