Nuremberg lamentation: For the forgotten victims of medical science

British Medical Journal

Volumn 313, Issue 7070, 1996, Pages 1463-1467

  Seidelman, William E ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Wellesley Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029955147     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7070.1463     Document Type: Short Survey

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