Issues of Informed Consent in Conducting Medical Research Involving People with Intellectual Disability

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-51

  Iacono, Teresa ^a,c   Murray, Vanessa ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Human Services ^*  (Australia)

^c Centre for Developmental Disability Health Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethics; Informed consent; Intellectual disability; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037289540     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3148.2003.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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