Informed consent: Are researchers accurately representing risks and benefits?

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 671-678

  Ahern, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consent; Ethics; Harm; Qualitative research; Research participants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INFORMED CONSENT; PERSONNEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ETHICS, RESEARCH; INFORMED CONSENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84869086551     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2012.00978.x     Document Type: Article

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