Off the beaten path: Conducting ethical pragmatic trials with marginalized populations

IRB Ethics and Human Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 6-11

  Silva, Diego S ^a   Goering, Paula N ^a   Jacobson, Nora ^b   Streiner, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ETHICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CANADA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MENTAL DISORDERS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 79961132798     PISSN: 01937758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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