Research ethics in dissertations: Ethical issues and complexity of reasoning

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 425-430

  Kjellstrom S ^a   Ross, S N ^b,c   Fridlund, B ^a  

^a JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Antioch University   (United States)

^c ARINA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; NURSING RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESEARCH ETHICS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SWEDEN;

CONFIDENTIALITY; DISSERTATIONS, ACADEMIC AS TOPIC; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; NURSING RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; SWEDEN;

EID: 77958107739     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2009.034561     Document Type: Article

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