Thinking clearly about research risk: Implications of the work of Benjamin Freedman

IRB Ethics and Human Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1-5

  Weijer, Charles ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; OFFICE FOR PROTECTION FROM RESEARCH RISKS; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RISK; SOCIAL CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; OFFICE FOR PROTECTION FROM RESEARCH RISKS;

ADULT; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; EMERGENCIES; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; NONTHERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; RISK; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; THERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033224505     PISSN: 01937758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3564450     Document Type: Article

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