Mentally disabled research subjects: The enduring policy issues

JAMA

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-72

  Dresser, Rebecca ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Maastricht University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; JUSTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029957776     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.276.1.67     Document Type: Review

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