Ethical dilemmas encountered by clinical researchers

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 267-276

  DuVal, Gordon ^a   Gensler, Gary ^b   Danis, Marion ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b EMMES CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; RELIGION; RESEARCH ETHICS; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; BENEFICENCE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; ETHICS, NURSING; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; RELIGION; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; TERMINAL CARE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 27644557334     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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