"They got their program, and I got mine": A cautionary tale concerning the ethical implications of using respondent-driven sampling to study injection drug users

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-51

  Scott, Greg ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour surveillance; Ethnography; HIV; Injection drug use; Respondent driven sampling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ETHICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CHICAGO; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POVERTY; SAMPLING STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 39049132001     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2007.11.014     Document Type: Article

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