The human tissue bill and the mental capacity bill

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7455, 2004, Pages 1510-1511

  Liddell, Kathleen ^a   Menon, David K ^b   Zimmern, Ron ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Public Health Genetics Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CRIMINAL LAW; DNA DETERMINATION; EDITORIAL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT;

EID: 3042823819     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7455.1510     Document Type: Editorial

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