The ethical and clinical practice of disclosing raw test data: Addressing the ongoing debate

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-124

  Bush, Shane S ^a   Martin, Thomas A ^b  

^a University of Missouri ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Neuropsychology; Raw test data; Test security

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

EID: 33750295483     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324826an1302_6     Document Type: Article

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