Oversight of research involving the dead

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-164

  Wicclair, Mark R ^a,b   DeVita, Michael ^b,c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DECOMPOSITION; EMOTION; EXPERIMENT; FAMILY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORALITY; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SCIENCE; STANDARD;

EID: 3042658176     PISSN: 10546863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ken.2004.0025     Document Type: Review

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