Doing no harm and getting it right: Guidelines for ethical research with immigrant communities

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

Volumn 2013, Issue 141, 2013, Pages 43-60

  Hernández, María G ^a   Nguyen, Jacqueline ^b   Casanova, Saskias ^a   Suárez Orozco, Carola ^c   Saetermoe, Carrie L ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MIGRANT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84883386977     PISSN: 15203247     EISSN: 15348687     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1002/cad.20042     Document Type: Article

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