Examining the use of consent forms to promote dissemination of research results to participants

Research Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 1-28

  Curran, Dorothyann ^a   Kekewich, Mike ^a   Foreman, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consent documents; participant feedback; participant research results; research results; study results disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 85058389713     PISSN: 17470161     EISSN: 20476094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1747016118798877     Document Type: Article

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