Applying ethical standards to research and evaluations involving lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender populations

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 181-201

  Martin, James I ^a   Meezan, William ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Ethics; Gay; Lesbian; Professional codes of ethics; Research; Research bias; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750612881     PISSN: 10538720     EISSN: 15404056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J041v15n01_12     Document Type: Article

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