Challenges and opportunities for suicide bereavement research: The experience of ethical board review

Crisis

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 297-304

  Moore, Melinda ^a   Maple, Myfanwy ^b   Mitchell, Ann M ^c   Cerel, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical review; Ethics; Postvention; Suicide bereavement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; ETHICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUICIDE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BEREAVEMENT; ETHICS COMMITTEES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; SUICIDE;

EID: 84884128080     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000191     Document Type: Article

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