What does 'respect for persons' require? Attitudes and reported practices of genetics researchers in informing research participants about research

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-52

  Miller, Fiona Alice ^a   Hayeems, Robin Zoe ^a   Li, Li ^a   Bytautas, Jessica Peace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ETHICS; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT;

ATTITUDE; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GENETICS; HUMANS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH REPORT; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 84856803715     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2010.041350     Document Type: Article

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