Biomedical ethics and the biomedical engineer: A review

Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-201

  Saha, Subrata ^a   Saha, Pamela S ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal research; Bioengineering; Bioethics; Clinical trial; Conflict of interest; Ethics; Human experimentation

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CLINICAL TRIALS; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; COST ALLOCATION; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030886332     PISSN: 0278940X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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