Measuring coercion to participate in research within a doubly vulnerable population: Initial development of the coercion assessment scale

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-102

  Dugosh, Karen Leggett ^a   Festinger, David S ^a   Croft, Jason R ^a   Marlowe, Douglas B ^a  

^a Treatment Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Coercion; Drug court; Voluntariness

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHICS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRISONER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; COERCION; DELAWARE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 77949813620     PISSN: 15562646     EISSN: 15562654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/jer.2010.5.1.93     Document Type: Article

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