Managing confidentiality in illicit drugs research: Ethical and legal lessons from studies in remote Aboriginal communities

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-63

  Clough, A ^a   Conigrave, K ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confidentiality; Ethics; Illicit drug; Legal

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ABORIGINE; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONFIDENTIALITY; DRUG ABUSE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANNABIS; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RURAL POPULATION; STREET DRUGS; VICTORIA;

EID: 38049134493     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01539.x     Document Type: Article

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