Paying drug users to take part in research: Justice, human rights and business perspectives on the use of incentive payments

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-109

  Seddon, Toby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug users; Drugs; Ethics; Incentive payments; Interviews; Research

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DRUG USE; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; JUSTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 17244378454     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16066350512331328122     Document Type: Review

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