Ethics of research on survivors of trauma

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 262-267

  Seedat, Soraya ^a   Pienaar, Willem P ^b   Williams, David ^b   Stein, Daniel J ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL ETHICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 4444260377     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-004-0075-z     Document Type: Review

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