Innovative therapies, suspended trials, and the economics of clinical research facilitated communication and biomedical cases

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 275-309

  Wible, James R ^a   Dietrich, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

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EID: 0042307456     PISSN: 00483931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004839310203200301     Document Type: Article

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