Scientific misconduct in social welfare research: Preventive lessons from other fields

Social Work Education

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 275-295

  Gibelman, Margaret ^a   Gelman, Sheldon R ^b  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Research; Research Ethics; Responsible Research Conduct; Scientific Misconduct

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055305656     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470500050461     Document Type: Note

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