Ethical considerations in international nursing research: A report from the International Centre for Nursing Ethics

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 122-137

  Olsen, Douglas P ^a,b   Davis, Anne ^a   Tschudin, Verena ^a   Hunt, Geoffrey ^a   Van Der Arend, Arie J G ^a   Drought, Theresa ^a   Eby, Maureen ^a   Fasting, Ulla ^a   Gastmans, Chris ^a   Leino Kilpi, Helena ^a   Lützén, Kim ^a   Nojima, Sayumi ^a   Pang, Samantha ^a   Shotton, Leila ^a   Storch, Janet ^a  

^a University of Surrey ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; Institutional review board; International nursing research; Local research ethics committee; Research

Indexed keywords

BENEFICENCE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONFIDENTIALITY; COOPERATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STANDARD;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; BENEFICENCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFIDENTIALITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ETHICS, NURSING; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 0037361376     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733003ne587oa     Document Type: Review

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