The concept of vulnerability in disaster research

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 395-402

  Levine, Carol ^a  

^a United Hospital Fund New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Consent; Decision making capacity; Harms and wrongs; Research review; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISASTER; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; POLICY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; ADULT; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POLITICS; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DISASTERS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POLITICS; RESEARCH; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 14544285594     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOTS.0000048952.81894.f3     Document Type: Article

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