What Is Ethically Important in Clinical Research? A Preliminary Study of Attitudes of 73 Psychiatric Faculty and Residents

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 607-613

  Roberts, Laura Weiss ^a   Warner, Teddy D ^d   Brody, Janet L ^d   Nguyen, Khanh ^b   Roberts, Brian B ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Household Credit Services   (United States)

^c EthicsRx   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Clinical research; Ethics; Psychiatry; Schizophrenia; Scientific integrity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST;

EID: 0242300790     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a007032     Document Type: Article

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