Ethics of health research with prisoners in Canada

Abstract Background Despite the growing recognition for the need to improve the health of prisoners in Canada and the need for health research, there has been little discussion of the ethical issues with regards to health research with prisoners in Canada. The purpose of this paper is to encourage a...

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Main Authors: Diego S. Silva, Flora I. Matheson, James V. Lavery
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:BMC Medical Ethics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12910-017-0189-6