No Meaningful Apology for American Indian Unethical Research Abuses

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 431-444

  Hodge, Felicia Schanche ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indians; bioethics; Legacy of Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment; minority participation in research; research distrust; Tribal IRB

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870880385     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508422.2012.730788     Document Type: Article

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