Administrative legislation in Japan: Guidelines on scientific and ethical standards

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-253

  Slingsby, Brian T ^b   Nagao, Noriko ^a,b   Akabayashi, Akira ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; FERTILIZATION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETICS; GENOME ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; JAPAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIVACY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

EID: 3142752568     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0963180104133070     Document Type: Review

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