Ethical issues in perinatal mental health research

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 601-606

  Brandon, Anna R ^a   Shivakumar, Geetha ^a   Lee, Simon Craddock ^a   Inrig, Stephen J ^a   Sadler, John Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Clinical research; Human subjects; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LACTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANT WOMAN; REVIEW;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PERINATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 70350166195     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e3283318e6f     Document Type: Review

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