Ethical challenges in a randomized controlled trial of peer education among veterans service organizations

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 43-51

  Whittle, Jeff ^a   Fletcher, Kathlyn E ^a   Morzinski, Jeffrey ^a   Ertl, Kristyn ^a   Patterson, Leslie ^a   Jensen, Wayne ^b   Schapira, Marilyn M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b American Legion   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Coercion; Community based research; Hypertension; Informed consent; Peer pressure; Peer support; Privacy; Veterans; Veterans service organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMED CONSENT; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VETERANS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 78650106039     PISSN: 15562646     EISSN: 15562654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/jer.2010.5.4.43     Document Type: Article

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