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ETHICS AND CONFIDENTIALITY

The researchers are fully appreciative of the potential sensitivity of research relating to issues of discrimination and can assure potential respondents that the highest standards of research conduct will be applied throughout the study.

All data provided will be treated in the strictest confidence and stored securely, in locked facilities at the Faculty of Law University of Tasmania and the School of Social Work and Applied Human Sciences, University of Queensland.

Computer records which may relate to the research will be kept in locked facilities and be password-protected. Information provided will not be used for any purpose other than the research as described and no individual will be identified or identifiable in any subsequent report.

The research has been approved in accordance with the National Health and Medical Research guidelines by the Human Research Ethics Committees associated with the researchers’ institutions.

The institutions are the University of Tasmania, The University of Queensland and the Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney. Contact details for Ethics Officers at each institution are as follows:

The University of Queensland on (07) 3365 3924
The University of Tasmania on (03) 6226 2763
The Royal North Shore Hospital on (02) 9926 8105


                             



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