Moral Stress, Moral Practice, and Ethical Climate in Community-Based Drug-Use Research: Views From the Front Line

AJOB Primary Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 27-38

  Fisher, Celia B ^a   True, Gala ^b   Alexander, Leslie ^c   Fried, Adam L ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

ethics; moral distress; moral obligations; organizational culture; psychological stress; research; substance related disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880951624     PISSN: 21507716     EISSN: 21507724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21507716.2013.806969     Document Type: Article

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