Religious, spiritual, and traditional beliefs and practices and the ethics of mental health research in less wealthy countries

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 267-277

  Nolan, Jennifer A ^a   Whetten, Kathryn ^a   Koenig, Harold G ^b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

ethics; mental health; religion; spirituality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELIGION; SOCIAL BELIEF; TRADITIONAL BELIEF;

CULTURE; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84856480318     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/PM.42.3.c     Document Type: Article

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