Ethical issues relevant to the assessment of suicide risk in nonclinical research settings

Crisis

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-59

  Wilson, Carolyn M ^a   Christensen, Bruce K ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethical obligations; Research with suicidal individuals; Risk assessment; Suicide risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HELSINKI DECLARATION; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84861670234     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000110     Document Type: Article

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