Ethical considerations of research in disaster-stricken populations

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-114

  Jesus, John E ^a   Michael, Glen E ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

disaster; ethics; informed consent; Institutional Review Board; mass casualty incident; public health; relief work; research design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MASS DISASTER; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIEF WORK; RESEARCH ETHICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

DISASTERS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIEF WORK; RESEARCH DESIGN; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 68549127054     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00006634     Document Type: Article

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