Protecting the Navajo People through tribal regulation of research

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 491-507

  Brugge, Doug ^a   Missaghian, Mariam ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Government; Native Americans; Navajo People; Regulation; Research

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CODES OF ETHICS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748365190     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-006-0047-2     Document Type: Review

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