Addiction research ethics and the belmont principles: Do drug users have a different moral voice?

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 728-741

  Fisher, Celia B ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autonomy; Belmont Report; bioethics; confidentiality; decision making; drug abuse; ethics; justice; moral values; participant perspectives

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH ETHICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CODES OF ETHICS; DRUG USERS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS;

EID: 79953836129     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2010.528125     Document Type: Article

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