Yet another guideline? The UNESCO draft declaration

Developing World Bioethics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 244-250

  Macklin, Ruth ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED NATIONS;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; UNIVERSAL DECLARATION ON BIOETHICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOETHICS; GUIDELINES; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 24744454329     PISSN: 14718731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8847.2005.00122.x     Document Type: Review

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