Human guinea pigs and the ethics of experimentation: The BMJ's correspondent at the Nuremberg medical trial

BMJ

Volumn 313, Issue 7070, 1996, Pages 1467-

  Weindling, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BMJ (BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL); BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; EDITORIAL POLICIES; EVALUATION; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORICAL ASPECTS; INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS; MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (GREAT BRITAIN); NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NUREMBERG TRIALS; PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VOLUNTEERS;

EDITORIAL POLICIES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; GERMANY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOLOCAUST; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONALITY; NATIONAL SOCIALISM; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; WAR CRIMES;

EID: 0029855591     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7070.1467     Document Type: Article

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