Family privacy and death - Antigone, war, and medical research

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 352, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 501-505

  Annas, George J ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

COURT; DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY LIFE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WAR;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECODE GENETICS; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; LEGAL APPROACH; WAR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DATABASES, GENETIC; DEATH; FAMILY; HUMANS; ICELAND; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PRIVACY; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 12944274911     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMlim042648     Document Type: Review

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