The shrinking of human rights: The controversial revision of the Helsinki declaration

HIV Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 238-245

  Botbol Bautn, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Commodification of health care; Distributive justice; Helsinki revision; Human rights; Utilitarian ethics

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE; NEW DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL ETHICS; POVERTY;

AIDS VACCINES; CLINICAL TRIALS; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUGS, INVESTIGATIONAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HELSINKI DECLARATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; POVERTY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0034305947     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1293.2000.00035.x     Document Type: Article

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