When 'do no harm' is not enough: The ethics of research with refugees and other vulnerable groups

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1271-1287

  Hugman, Richard ^a   Pittaway, Eileen ^a   Bartolomei, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethics; refugees; research; service users; social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054931760     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcr013     Document Type: Article

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