Ethical and moral obligations arising from revelations of pharmaceutical company dissembling

Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-29

  Gottstein, James B ^a  

^a Law Project for Psychiatric Rights   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Informed consent; Medical ethics; Psychotropic medication

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

DECISION MAKING; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG INFORMATION; INFORMED CONSENT; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORALITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORKER;

EID: 77950407341     PISSN: 15594343     EISSN: 19389000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1559-4343.12.1.22     Document Type: Review

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