Screening for suicidality in the emergency department: When must researchers act to protect subjects' interests?

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 140-150

  Gold, Azgad ^a   Appelbaum, Paul S ^a   Stanley, Barbara ^b  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Research ethics; Screening; Suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MORALITY; PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SUICIDE;

CONFIDENTIALITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; SUICIDE;

EID: 79956118035     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2011.565271     Document Type: Article

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