Ethical Issues in the Design and Conduct of Community-Based Intervention Studies

Ethics and Epidemiology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Glanz, Karen ^a   Kegler, Michelle C ^a   Rimer, Barbara K ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Community research; Community based intervention research; Ethics; Internet; Multiple agendas; Partnerships; Vulnerable communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875552799     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195322934.003.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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