Ethics issues for HIV/AIDS researchers in international settings - perspectives from the Canadian experience

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 569-572

  Gahagan, Jacqueline ^a   Sweeney, Ellen ^a   Worthington, Catherine ^b   Perry, Darryl ^c   Satzinger, Franziska ^c   Rogers, Erin ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; International research; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLITICS; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX ROLE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BIOETHICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CANADA; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLITICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 54449101618     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.07.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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