Overview of research addressing ethical dimensions of participation in traumatic stress studies: Autonomy and beneficence

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 595-602

  Newman, Elana ^a   Kaloupek, Danny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL CAPACITY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH ETHICS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

BENEFICENCE; COERCION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75749149763     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20465     Document Type: Conference Paper

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