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Ethics, Privacy, and Legal Issues (485) Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (1659) Recruitment of Research Participants (300)

Published on in Vol 19, No 4 (2017): April

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Ethics and Privacy Implications of Using the Internet and Social Media to Recruit Participants for Health Research: A Privacy-by-Design Framework for Online Recruitment

Ethics and Privacy Implications of Using the Internet and Social Media to Recruit Participants for Health Research: A Privacy-by-Design Framework for Online Recruitment

Ethics and Privacy Implications of Using the Internet and Social Media to Recruit Participants for Health Research: A Privacy-by-Design Framework for Online Recruitment

Authors of this article:

Jacqueline Lorene Bender1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Alaina B Cyr3 Author Orcid Image ;   Luk Arbuckle4 Author Orcid Image ;   Lorraine E Ferris2 Author Orcid Image
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