Detecting, preventing, and responding to "fraudsters" in internet research: Ethics and tradeoffs

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 116-133

  Teitcher, Jennifer E F ^a,b   Bockting, Walter O ^c,d,e   Bauermeister, José A ^a,f,g   Hoefer, Chris J ^h,i   Miner, Michael H ^h,j,k   Klitzman, Robert L ^l,m  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d and Health ^*  (United States)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^j LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRAUD; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUBJECT;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FRAUD; HUMANS; INTERNET; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 84926341606     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jlme.12200     Document Type: Article

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