The Nuremberg Code: Hippocratic ethics and human rights

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9107, 1998, Pages 974-977

  Shuster, Evelyne ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032495657     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)60641-1     Document Type: Note

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