Engagement, reciprocity and advocacy: Ethical harm reduction practice in research with injecting drug users

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 419-423

  Higgs, Peter ^a,c   Moore, David ^b   Aitken, Campbell ^a  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethics; Hepatitis C; Injecting drug user; Methodology; Social network

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ARTICLE; ETHICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HARM REDUCTION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATA COLLECTION; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FEEDBACK; HARM REDUCTION; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 33750142515     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230600876606     Document Type: Article

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