Studying “Friends”: The Ethics of Using Social Media as Research Platforms

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1-2

  Lee, Sandra Soo Jin ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PEER GROUP; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK;

CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 85013104304     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2017.1288969     Document Type: Editorial

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